The Serendipity Books, written by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James were some of my favourite picture books as a young princess. They are all animal fables, each cute little story has a sweet moral and an animal character with a name like Flutterby, Nitter pitter, Hucklebug, Raz-ma-taz or Shimmeree. The illustrations are rich and detailed and very beautiful, I especially like the horses and rabbits such as this one, named Buttermilk. Her story is about how ordinary things can seem scary after dark.
I only have nine of the books myself, but I recently found out that they have been rereleased and you can now buy them in book stores and on Amazon.com! They really are worth having a look at for their innocent little tales and gorgeous illustrations. My particular favourites are the Leo the Lop tales and Flutterby.
Someday I would like to collect all of them, I think they would make wonderful bed time stories.
January 6th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
…egads Woman! I have so many of these books. I love them dearly. I too want to get them all. One day I should just go over my amazon wishlist and order the ones I don’t have. Most are under a dollar if you get them used.
January 6th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I am going to have to look for these they sound lovely.