Other Goose

It's far too early to be thinking about Christmas, even if the shops would have us believe otherwise. Around this time of year, with the high street imploring me to start spending, I become very "bah humbug" and start remembering all the tedious things about the holiday season.

So it's good to have a reminder, in the form of a new anarchic book from the desk of J Otto Seibold, of one of the good things about Christmas. In our house, that means a family viewing of the charming film Olive, the Other Reindeer, also from studio Seibold.

If that forms one of the happier parts of your holiday season too, Other Goose might be a book you'll be slipping under the tree. It looks like the humour that pervades Olive is fully intact within its re-imaginings of all the best-known nursery rhymes. See, for example, Jack and Jill:

Jack and Jill
and a pickle named Bill
strolled atop a mountain

... and if you want to know what happened to the children and their piquant friend, you'll just have to buy the book*. It's worth it, believe me.

*Or take a peek at Seibold's recent preview on Huffington post.