28 isn't too old for a picture book or two, is it?

Spring has finally arrived in Lincoln and so has my desire to complete my yearly ritual of reading my two favorite Children’s books: Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1908) and Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (1911). No matter how many times I read these books, I am always newly enchanted by the fun, wit, and extreme Englishness that resides within their pages. This year my reading is being made 100 times more pleasurable by the fact that I was able to use some of my Christmas money to purchase the illustrated editions by Inga Moore. I am in love with Inga Moore because I think her illustrations perfectly capture the spirit of these stories. 

I’m looking forward to sharing these books with our future children ... once they pass the peanut butter on the fingers and the desire to rip out the pages stage.