Andi ChorleyStumbled on this review of Arthur Ransome's Old Peter's Russian Folk Tales on Goodreads and it cheered me. Might cheer some of you out there too!
"I'd forgotten about this one. Really enjoyed it. At one stage (around 30 years ago or more) I was travelling from Exeter to Derby on the train with my 4 year old son. I was reading stories from this book to him and, after stopping to pick up a lot of passengers at Birmingham New Street the noisy carriage gradually went very quiet. I was reading (I believe) fairly quietly, but when I looked up, just about the entire carriage was listening. I apologised to the two ladies at my table seat; a young white nurse and a middle aged black nurse. They smiled and both said. "No carry on. We're enjoying it." A real highlight of my reading life. They listened right through to the end of the story and then made a wonderful fuss of my lovely boy. Life is sometimes wonderful!"
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