Thanks to Moira from the Vulpes Libris literary blog for sharing her interview with Foyle’s War star Jay Benedict with us.
I’m the Co-Administrator of a literary/book review site and I’ve recently interviewed Jay Benedict, who played John Kieffer in the Foyle’s War episodes “Invasion” and “All Clear”.
Quite apart from being a lively and wide-ranging interview (the first he’s ever given, I believe …) he mentions Mr Horowitz - not once, but twice.
Firstly, as one of his children’s favourite authors, and secondly in a rather sweet ‘thank you’ for creating the role of Kieffer and writing it so well!
I should, perhaps, just mention that for anyone who hasn’t yet seen “All Clear”, the interview contains a major spoiler.
I ought also to mention that Jay has a colourful turn of phrase from time to time …
Read the full interview here.
With three cats and a dog in our house, we are definitely animal lovers, and my daughter, who will turn one in just a couple of weeks, absolutely loves our animals. She also loves Tricycle Press's Busy Animal Board Books.
We own four of the eight books in the series:
- Busy Kitties, by John Schindel, photography by Sean Franzen
- Busy Penguins, by John Schindel, photography by Jonathan Chester
- Busy Doggies, by John Schindel, photography by Beverly Sparks
- Busy Monkeys, by John Schindel, photography by Luiz Claudio Marigo
Each page in the book features a full-color photographs of an animal(s) demonstrating the action word on the page that will help your child build vocabulary. For example, in the Busy Kitties book, we see "Kitty hissing/ Kitty kissing/ Kitty running/ Kitty sunning" and more.
My daughter is fascinated by the photographs in these sturdy books and just sits there and smiles as she flips the pages. I also appreciate that they will introduce her to other animals, like monkeys and penguins, that she doesn't have the chance to see in their natural habitats.
Other books in the series that we're adding to our wish list include:
These would all make a great addition to your young child's library.