

What’s also fun (if you are a total dork already) is to find words that are all standards and can be typed with only one hand, like scare and raze and verses.


It’s more like spinning earring racks at gift shops, except bigger and wooden and it has books on it rather than accessories.)ĭoes anyone else take great notice of words whose letters are all standards, which is to say, letters that neither stretch tall (like t) nor drop low (like g)? All-standard words include scarecrows, savannas, and renascence if you are willing to fudge a bit and include the letter i (like I am), you can have reconnaissance and accessories, which is what brought this to mind in the first place.

Rowling, and Rumer Godden.) (Er, just so we’re clear, it doesn’t spin perpetually, like those spinny restaurants. (The spinning bookshelf denotes great favoritism and also contains Martin Millar, J.K. Diana Wynne Jones is so great that I’ve devoted nearly half of the spinning bookshelf my father made me to her books alone. My (Grace's) favorite Lord of the Rings characters is Boromir.I am selectively craving Diana Wynne Jones right now. Here was a boy above all, straight alike in body and mind. "I'm down for scrum half this afternoon!".Swelling with pride, Watts Minor gazed into the eyes of his one true friend. "What ripping fun!" exclaimed Watts Minor. The Other in the School Stories: A Phenomenon in British Children’s Literature by Ulrike Pesold (not available to read in full online or seemingly anywhere but the available sections discussing Witch Week are on point).Time Control in Diana Wynne Jones' Fiction: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Tesi di Laurea.If you're interested in academic takes on Diana Wynne Jones' works, these are fascinating: Grace's Education Corner has entirely too much information about Guy Fawkes, and Madeleine's Law Corner is never happening again. Join us as we discuss the appeal of alternate fantasy realities and how (not) to talk to new people. But witch orphans abound, and they're putting their newfound powers to good use by pranking the stuffing out of each other. In a world where children are so awful that they put your school's bullies to shame, there's entirely too much magic floating around for witchcraft to be punishable by death. June has become official Witch Month here on Dragon Babies as we follow up Wee Free Men with the stunningly postmodern, cruelly hilarious Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones!
