You are probably wondering why this blog is called Brocklehurst Grove. When my daughter was young (she's still young but I mean about 9 or 10) one of her favourite books was "The Mennyms" by Sylvia Waugh. There are five books in the series about a family of life size dolls ( I know it sounds a little creepy but it' s really not. In fact the books won awards, had many starred reviews, and the New York Times called it ...A marvelous, magical series, which is destined to become a classic." The Mennyms lived at No. 5 Brocklehurst Grove in London, England. We spent many happy hours curled up together with these books, and sometimes the boys would join in as well. In honour of the series I decided to call this blog Brocklehust Grove.