When will I, will I be famous...?

Well, I can't answer.
I can't answer that (who was that band?)

Anyway, you give birth to your children, nurture them, give them the best start that you can, then you send them out into the world and only hope that the world will treat them kindly.
You know that some people just won't get them - your kids are complex creatures, with layers of sophistication not always recognised at first glance.
You know that they will make fair weather friends who will use them then discard then without a second thought.
Some go out into the big world, never to be heard from again.
But some, like David Mortimore Baxter's Famous, will fly back and say 'Hey look what I did.'
Which is what happened today when my US publisher advised me that Famous had been listed in the prestigious Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2010.
That's my boy!

Gosh, this is jolly outrageous! Famous 5 are on the case.

Enid Blyton's stories have long outlived their creator and generations of readers who enjoyed the tales where kids were the main protagonists and ginger beer and cream buns were all the go in the picnic basket. Now, it seems, Disney has created a modern version with descendants of the original famous five. Instead of reaching for their ball of string and battery torches they are more likely to be checking out their iPods and laptops. Forget pirates and smugglers. Todays five are dealing with a DVD pirate factory. I am wondering what other people think of such classic titles being 'reborn' like this. (Not forgetting Thomas the Tank Engine, Blinky Bill, Spot etc.)