No, no, thought Goldilocks, this book is too soft. Apart from a little rape, incest and lesbian action, there was hardly anything to interest a modern girl. She flicked through the next book, Princess Daisy, by Judith Krantz. Not only was it full of the most disgusting descriptions of sexual torture, it was in eighteenth century French! No, no, thought Goldilocks, this book is too hard. She looked at the first book, which was called Les 120 journées de Sodome ou l'école du libertinage, by the Marquis de Sade. No one seemed to be around, so she opened the door and went in. She was out in the woods one day, when, walking past a house picturesquely called Bear Cottage, she glanced through the window and happened to notice three books lying on the table. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very interested in online reviewing. With only two minute dots for eyes, his illustrated characters are able to express a wide range of emotion, and produce howls of laughter from both children and adults. James Marshall had the uncanny ability to elicit wild delight from readers with relatively little text and simple drawings. He is well-known for his Fox series (which he wrote as 'Edward Marshall'), as well as the Miss Nelson books, the Stupids, the Cut-ups, and many more.

In addition to George and Martha, the lovable hippopotami, James Marshall created dozens of other uniquely appealing characters. In 1998, George and Martha became the basis of an eponymous animated children's television show. Marshall continued as a children's author until his untimely death in 1992 of a brain tumor. His mother was watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and the main characters, George and Martha, ultimately became characters in one of his children's books.

It is said that he discovered his vocation on a 1971 summer afternoon, lying on a hammock drawing. He returned to Texas, where he attended San Antonio College, and later transferred to Southern Connecticut State University where he received degrees in French and history. I knew I would die if I stayed there so I diligently studied the viola, and eventually won a scholarship to the New England Conservatory in Boston.' He entered the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, but injured his hand, ending his music career. Marshall said: 'Beaumont is deep south and swampy and I hated it. His family later moved to Beaumont, Texas.

His father worked on the railroad, was a band member in the 1930s, and his mother sang in the local church choir. James Edward Marshall (Octo– October 13, 1992), who also wrote as Edward Marshall, was a children's author and illustrator.

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