An aside...

My daughter loves this book.

It's full of absolutely everything that a young girl could wish to know - how to host a party. Vital facts about pets and first aid, how to treat a snake bite!. Not normally too much a problem hereabouts, but best to be prepared I suppose. There's (book) reading recommendations, recipes, guidance on how to read the tea-leaves (She can't stand tea! and she'd probably faint if she saw tealeaves.)

It explains how to play 'Cat's cradle'. (Do you remember playing that! ) There are absolutely loads of brilliant sewing, making and general 'creating' activities, "Muuuum, it even tells you how to sew on a button!" (Oh well that's o.k then! You'll always have a shirt to wear.")

Her favourite section at the moment is the one on make-up! It is a source of some fascination. In a desperate attempt to prevent young girls looking like they've run away to join the circus the authors explain in absolute, no nonsense terms about skin care and how to apply cosmetics. The most chucklesome part is this. It's an explanation about eyebrows. It begins"........PLEASE,PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS - unless......" It's referring to plucking eyebrows very thin. But this is the bit that makes me smile..... ".....done wrong and it will look as if you've had an accident with a very small lawnmower (diagram......).

So, don't say I didn't warn you of the perils that await should you decide on experimenting.... and if you see an 'elephant' in the tea-leaves, you'd best drop me a comment ...... and I'll see what I can do.

Comments

[Wild Rose]

This sounds like a terrific read! I saw a review of it some months ago, but have yet to find a copy.

I discovered your blog via Ragged Roses and I love it! Do drop by and say hello when you have a moment ~ I always like to see new faces.

Marie x

[ruth]

My daughter also loves this book, I've had no end of make up and skin care advice. Some of the practical jokes are very good, so glad we never have cling film in the house!

[muralimanohar]

I bought this book for dd last year or so, and it went over just as well, here, too. I ended writing my own review on MY blog about it...it's an awesome book! :p