![]() ![]() The spot was a mole, but Alice hated the word mole and referred to as a speck. She had straight brown hair and brown eyes and a brown spot the size and shape of an apple seed near the corner of her mouth. She'd seen pelicans before, every year that she had been here, but when you see something only once a year it's always new, as if you're seeing it for the first time." The bird was so odd and silly looking, a mysterious, mesmerising wonder. "Alice concentrated entirely on the pelican. ![]() Then I re-read my blog post and I was surprised by my own writing - well done to me! This morning I sat down and re-read the whole book again - I think this might be the third time I have read Junonia. ![]() You probably already know I am a huge fan of Kevin Henkes. I really cannot list my top ten or even most favourite book but Junonia is a book I do think about from time to time and it is certainly a firm favourite so I decided (since I had left my beloved copy behind in my former school library) that I should buy a copy for myself. On a recent visit to Gleebooks in Sydney I spied this book on their shelves. I suggest you begin with my previous post. I first talked about Junonia here on this blog in 2011. ![]()
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