Lord Samper's Library

I had to take my youngest daughter to get a tooth filled, the other day, and it just so happens that Crofton Books is a few doors down so I thought I'd sweeten the deal with a couple of books for her. It half worked, I find myself owing her ten pounds as well as the books, not sure what happened there. But anyway... It wasn't just the littl'un who did well book-wise though, I saw a couple of 'Sock Monkey' books (as well as an original copy of the 'Dreaming City' graphic novel, that's another story though)and after having enjoyed the last one so much , I grabbed them before anyone else realised that they were there. I mean, at the time it was just me and my daughters in the shop but you know what I mean... Which kind of leads me to this post, another short one purely because I'm spending the day with my daughters and I really should get some sleep before that happens ;o) The books I found were... 'Sock Monkey: A Children's Book' Tells...

By the time last week came to an end, I was ready for some really light reading and I sorted that out with a quick visit to the Brockley Bookshop. I won't go into that too much as I've already spoken about it Here. The 'Aliens' book was just what I was after, the 'Sock Monkey' book was more of a 'that looks like it could be interesting' speculative read. I had no idea what it was about but it was only a fiver so home it came :o) The next couple of days are going to be busy so I thought I'd read this last night, more to say that I'd actually finished a book this week than anything else. Little did I know that I was about to fall in love with this book... A mischievous sock monkey named Uncle Gabby and a bumbling crow named Mr Crow are the heroes of this funny, unsettling, and oddly endearing collection, written and drawn by Tony Millionaire, best known as the creator of the successful alternative comic strip, Maakies. Follow Sock Monkey and Frien...