By Maureen Tai, 4 June 2018
“Ottoline had two collections that were all her own. One was her Odd Shoe collection, of which she was very proud. Whenever Ottoline bought a pair of shoes, she would wear one and put the other in her collection.”
Ottoline is too young to accompany her remarkably prescient absentee parents on their world wanderings. But she is not too young to spend her days by herself in an artifact-filled apartment in the company of a hairy Norwegian bog person called Mr. Munroe. As outlandish as it sounds, Ottoline is an extremely relatable character. Continue reading
All the inhabitants in Mr Tiger’s world are animals who have snooty expressions on their faces and who stand upright. All of them – including deer, brown bear, fox, buffalo, monkey, hedgehog, horse and ibex – are dressed to the nines in top hats and bonnets, suits and bow ties, solemn skirts and long sleeved blouses. They walk sedately from place to place, or if they must, ride stiffly on penny farthings and normal bicycles. Everything is calm, quiet and so very proper. Everyone has a stiff upper (and lower) lip.
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