Quote of the day
What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
Charles Causley

Born: August 24, 1917
Died: November 4, 2003 (aged 86)
Bio: Charles Stanley Causley was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer. His work is noted for its simplicity and directness and for its associations with folklore, especially when linked to his native Cornwall.
Known for:
- Figgie Hobbin (1970)
- Jack the Treacle Eater (1987)
- Secret Destinations (1984)
- The Young Man of Cury (1993)
- Collected Poems for Children (1996)