Neil Gaiman provides my favorite description of Beatrix Potter’s work: [Her] stories are fine, dark things. Odd little tales of anthropomorphic pigs and squirrels, of kittens and mice, foxes and rabbits, each story illustrated by gentle, precise watercolours. There’s nothing warm about Beatrix Potter’s world: it’s a dangerous, horrid place. Peter Rabbit runs for his [...]

Foul language, to be precise. I write for children, so I stay clear of all those Bad Words. You know, the ones George Carlin used for a whole comedy routine. Plus many more. But the thing is, despite our desire to keep those Bad Words out of sight and sound, kids see them, hear them [...]