Railway Children

Just watched 'The Railway Children' again, haven't seen it for years and years. It was great, my family crowded around the laptop (it wouldn't work in the DVD player... the curse strikes again!) and said aaawww at appropriate moments. I loved that book and movie. Not as much as Sylvia though, which is good, because it was her birthday present. So I thought I would share the joy. Also on the DVD is 'Swallows and Amazons', which holds less nostalgia value as I read it for the first time last year and have never seen the moive. Still, is all good.

So let's all go see 'Howl's Moving Castle'! Apparently Diana Wynne Jones (writer of the book) used to live stay next to Arthur Ransome (writer of Swallows and Amazons) on her holidays. Maybe this is an urban legend. But I read it on a website, so it must be true! And 'Spirited Away' made me feel about 7 years old again, so hopefully this movie will be just as transporting or at least really, really, good. Not that I want to hype it up alot or anything.

If any of you haven't heard of these books, it's holidays, go and read them! Not that I've read 'Howl's Moving Castle', but Diana Wynne Jones is usually good. And E. Nesbit is just great.
Yours in childlike euphoria...