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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

"Never discount the value of not Knowing.."

Leon just made my day !

I think every child needs a grandma like you dear Mary... xx

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Ah, sweet Susie. I'm lucky to know you!

A. Jay Adler's avatar

Not knowing is the necessary precursor to learning and, thus, to knowing!

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

And to invention, my friend.

Jeffrey Streeter's avatar

"Then I am a poet..." faultless anhd delicious logic.

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

I love it, as well, Jeffrey--and indeed, poet you are!

Kimberly Warner's avatar

Did this series inspire your granddaughter to write her own poetry? I’d love to read one is so!

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

I don’t know for sure about my role, but I do know for sure that she is now a writer and has already won prizes for her work. Hurrah! She’s now 16 years old and doing college searches! So bright, so dear.

Del's avatar

Leon is special. Goldfish are famous for short memories, but this one speaks! He must be wise, huh? Say more, Leon...

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Leon does have more to say .... You are special too with a long memory.

Maureen Doallas's avatar

Oh, I laughed out loud. "Oh,. . .?" is so classic an Arthur response. I love this book, and your delightful drawings, Mary.

Leon is a poet? Why, of course. How else might that fish have known to whom Arthur should go for answers. Takes one to know one, you know.

I look forward to Leon's explanation of capital p Poetry. I imagine Leon knows a poem when he sees one.

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

One more letter to come! Love to you, the poet of my heart.

Maureen Doallas's avatar

I will miss this series when it ends but for now I’ll await Leon’s not-to-be-missed capital p Poetry explanation. What a fish!

Ellen Kornmehl MD's avatar

too adorable and capital worthy...I anticipate a capital p Power poem

Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Are you the artist? ❤️👏

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Yes, the painter of the amateur watercolors on my stationery--but the true artist is the original illustrator of this book. I was just then learning to watercolor and stationery is not the right surface, but I tried!

Lor's avatar

Hmm, I wonder, am I a poet too, and never knew? I guess I will never know for sure, and that’s ok with me.

I have absolutely enjoyed every letter to Lila !

Ah, the poetry of a grandmother’s love.

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Ah, Lor, what a reader you are--poet, for sure!