‘This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.
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In 1944 a children’s book club sent a volume about penguins to a 10-year-old girl, enclosing a card seeking her opinion.
She wrote, “This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.”
American diplomat Hugh Gibson called it the finest piece of literary criticism he had ever read.
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unveiledsilence asked: How did you make your book of tea ? I came across your picture of it and I want to do the same thing. :)
hi! i kind of made it up as i went along but i’ll try and explain it for you:
- cut 2 pieces of A3 paper in half along the longest lengths, folded them concertina-stylee so each strip was four pages. (i’d recommend using very thick paper/thin card if you want it to stand up, because mine doesn’t stand up when unfolded)
- drew the pictures and wrote quotes, then stuck the 4 strips together using small pieces of paper for the hinges.
- made two covers from heavy card (i used mountboard) a few millimetres bigger than the size of the paper, then covered those with fabric.
- stuck each cover to the first and last pages of my long paper concertina (and made a little braid to tie it together!)
is that any help? feel free to ask if something isn’t clear! :)
If I’d had some foresight when making this, the picture would’ve been two cups. But I love this quote.
I embroidered this onto some fabric for my first ever attempt at bookbinding - a bit foolish, in hindsight - and then promptly fucked up the sticking of it. So now I have a nice patch. What could I do with it?
