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"In Philip Ardagh fiction, Eddie is certainly not in control," he says.
"I think children suddenly realise that the world is run by adults, and
the secret is, adults don't know what they're doing, and what you take
to be normal is just what's normal in your house." --from a Guardian
(UK) interview.
Below please find a selection of resources
for Philip Ardagh.
"The Why My Family Is Weirder
than
the Dickens Family" Contest
Our panel of judges, along with Philip
Ardagh, have chosen the winners of the "The Why My Family Is Weirder
than the Dickens Family" contest.
"Wow! What a fantastically high
standard of entries. There really are some weird and wonderful families
across the United States. I had great fun reading about them! I'm sorry
they can't ALL win prizes . . . Quite a few entrants deserve prizes just
for surviving as members of their wacky families!
It was really difficult choosing the
winners but, after whittling it down to shortlist -- in much the same
way Eddie Dickens himself used his whittling carrot -- I've come up with
the following:
[Roll of drums . . .]
Third Prize
Naty, 10 years old
"As for my sister, she is in character
all the time. Sometimes she is a Japanese Lady-in-Waiting, a jailbird or
Mozart's crazy wife . . ."
Read the entire entry
(*adobe reader required)
Second Prize
Maya, 8 [?] years old
"There is one more person in my house
who makes my family weirder than the Dickens[es]. That is my sister
Sasha. When Sasha was a baby she would steal broccoli from the fridge .
. ."
Read the entire entry
(*adobe reader required)
[Fanfare!]
Grand Prize
Bryttan, 13 years old
"Breclyn also has OCD (obsessive
compulsive disorder). She has extremely large feet, and when she stands
against the wall she makes a right angle . . ."
Read the entire entry
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Congratulations to
all three of them . . .
and to each and every one who
entered the competition. You all seem to lead such crazy lives!"
--Philip Ardagh
Special mentions for 4th Prize
winners:
[click on names to read the entire entry] (*adobe
reader required)
Anne ("There
are eleven kids in my family . . . all 13 people sleep in only three
bedrooms . . . we have 114 living things [listed] in our family, not
including plants."),
Sam ("[My
brother] has a queer interest in lighting. His room is lit up with RED
light bulbs. It makes his floor look pink."),
Kelsey
("One of the big things my Dad like to make fun of my mom about is her
flax seed oil."), and
Jonathan
("[M]y dad takes things too literally. I mean I could say "what's up"
and he would say "a beautiful ceiling" . . . Now you know why we never
tell my dad to hold something for one second.").
Thanks again to everyone who
participated in the contest!
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