Sometimes, It Is Fun To Rediscover Childhood Pleasures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   Of course, rediscovering childhood pleasures is dependent upon the material given to do just that.  No sooner than I began Jonathan Auxier's novel, I began to ask myself, "Who is this Jonathan Auxier?  This guy is terrific!" Leave it to my niece to know good authors; Auxier is so good I want to read more of him.

                                     "Peter Nimble And His Fantastic Eyes" is at heart a simple tale, but its scope is tremendous.  It harvests, skillfully I might add, Dickens, Shakespeare and Robert Louis Stevenson in ways I recognized but might awaken younger readers to a desire to read those authors. Which is not a bad idea.

                                        I loved Auxier's pen and ink drawings. He has an especially skilled way with sea monsters. But, then, they have always fascinated me.

                                          This is a quest story, led by a blind boy.  It starts out in 19th Century England then goes to places beyond the imagination, and I loved every step of the way.

                                            I smell a series here.  I hope Auxier is not done with Peter Nimble. I want to hear more from him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              Who is Jonathan Auxier?  A breath of fresh air on the Children's Lit horizon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!