Out! Out! Out!

Once there was a pencil, a lonely little pencil, and nothing else,
It lay there, which was nowhere in particular, for a long, long time . . .
 
. . . then it began to draw.
 
It even drew a paintbrush, so the world became coloured. The problems began when it drew a rubber and the rubber did what rubbers do . . . rubbed things out!!
 
The Pencil
Allan Ahlberg & Bruce Ingham
 
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A while back I did a series of blips based on favourite picture books. Today I thought I would share a new favourite, particularly with the three year old we have had here - she would listen to this with anyone she could persuade to read with her - several times a day - every day!