tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post159713178080255538..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: The CushionLucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-41844757625107823212010-07-15T12:21:54.721+01:002010-07-15T12:21:54.721+01:00Pookie is deep in my psyche too. I went to great l...Pookie is deep in my psyche too. I went to great lengths to find the first Pookie but bought Pookie in Search of a Home instead. Not the same at all.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-5601884128855894062010-07-15T09:54:05.316+01:002010-07-15T09:54:05.316+01:00I recently got back from the loft a beloved childh...I recently got back from the loft a beloved childhood book called 'Pookie Puts the World Right'. I remembered it as a magical book where Pookie, the little rabbit, went on a quest to save his world after all the weather was taken away.<br /><br />Turns out Pookie is a real grumpy old sod, with his pious finger-waving at all the other animals, who apparently only need to be saved because of their own lack of planning and moral inferiority.<br /><br />Some things are best remembered.The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-66293695699451545192010-03-11T07:45:20.144+00:002010-03-11T07:45:20.144+00:00I think it was almost certainly Enid Blyton but I ...I think it was almost certainly Enid Blyton but I will have to check the title with the person I gave the book to.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-58136375153717234642010-03-10T21:12:02.864+00:002010-03-10T21:12:02.864+00:00Oh - I remember that story, too, but I think the c...Oh - I remember that story, too, but I think the crackle of the cushion stayed with me more than the thought of the fabrics. I remember thinking how uncomfortable that cushion must have been.<br />Please can you tell us the story's title and author?Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050798057379520279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-47436765413831491242010-03-10T15:16:55.518+00:002010-03-10T15:16:55.518+00:00There's only one thing for it . You'll hav...There's only one thing for it . You'll have to rewrite the story and re-illustrate it ..... collage would be perfect , just think of all the materials and colours you could use ! Then it would be as deeply satisfying as you remember it .<br />A new generation of children would love it too .<br />Sonata.SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-1381000855907611122010-03-10T10:52:36.833+00:002010-03-10T10:52:36.833+00:00Sometimes it doesn't pay to "revisit"...Sometimes it doesn't pay to "revisit".... but the problem is, sometimes it does.... and how should we choose?menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-16552293423858974652010-03-10T08:22:35.661+00:002010-03-10T08:22:35.661+00:00Forget you ever found the book again; forget the d...Forget you ever found the book again; forget the disappointment. <br /><br />What you had for all those years was a story made vivid and magical by the power of a child's imagination, and that is worth holding on to.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-87365264560919630932010-03-10T00:09:14.693+00:002010-03-10T00:09:14.693+00:00but what a fun story to imagine ...but what a fun story to imagine ...S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-28098007653294693562010-03-09T23:22:03.786+00:002010-03-09T23:22:03.786+00:00Uh oh. I think I inadvertently sent you a comment ...Uh oh. I think I inadvertently sent you a comment under my real name. It was me, readersguide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-86720968044398939362010-03-09T23:20:07.010+00:002010-03-09T23:20:07.010+00:00But see -- the idea was good. (And the word verifi...But see -- the <i>idea</i> was good. (And the word verification thing is derici, which I believe was my great aunt's name -- my grandfather's youngest sister. Mysterious.)Christina Tarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080667836612961928noreply@blogger.com