My earliest reading memory
A Hole Is to Dig by Ruth Krauss. The pictures are by a young Maurice Sendak. I can still quote it: “A tablespoon is to eat a table with. Mashed potatoes are to give everybody enough.”
My favourite book growing up
The Green Poodles by Charlotte Baker. It had everything I felt a book should have – orphans (none of whom missed their parents enough to spoil the story with sorrow), a mystery, a valuable painting and many dogs.
