The first book I loved.

A couple of months ago Sophie from The Private Life of a Girl wrote about the first book she ever loved, and inspired me to write a little something about mine.

Little Bear's Trousers by Jane Hissey


Little Bear has lost his trousers! He sets off in search of them and discovers that all the toys have used them in some way (Rabbit as a skiing hat, Dog as a two bone bone-holder, Duck as a flag), but no one seems to know where they are now. With help from Old Bear, Rabbit, Duck, Dog, Bramwell Brown and the rest of the toys, will he ever find his trousers?

Episodes from

the TV show are on YouTube and I may have just spent an hour or so back in my childhood, a time when everything felt so simple. I treasure my childhood. Like most it wasn't idyllic all of the time but I have some incredible memories, especially from my early years, and I was able to spend a lot of time immersed in my favourite books whose stories have stayed with me into adulthood. And what a gift that is.

What was the first book you ever loved?

- xo