you see eloise in paris. you see eloise at christmas time. published in 1959 and was the last in the original series. in the middle of the cold war, kn tillery went to the soviet union. it is like kay's prank phone call to the soviets. she is spoofing the harshness of the soviet regime by contrasting it with this little girl from the decadent west, this rich young things who arrives in a rolls—royce. to be a really successful picture book you have to do three things. you have to have an amazing heroine or hero. you have to revote a wonderful spot, like the plaza. and you have to laugh through several generations. eloise has done all three of those things. she is one for the ages. looks like lots of fun. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and the team on twitter. there is also much more on the website. you can get all of our top stories there. hello there, good morning. yesterday, we saw 27 degrees in the london area, with increasing amounts of medium and upper—level cloud, but the sky stayed pretty much clear in northern scotland. and

i think this great eloise is charming little or. it's two fold. one it's that voice that funny voice that kay thompson. the other part is hillary nights drawings which far. full of marvelous detail and rhythm and gesture and why. when a child reads. enters into. and that was what i was trying to. in the gallery here you enter the plaza you see the house front and you can pick up the house phone. and hear bernadette peters reading the four books out loud. you see a recent harris. she always a christmas. you see a beautiful sweet finished drawings. eloise. in nineteen fifty nine and was the last. in the original series. in the middle of the cold war paid hillary went. the soviet union. it's like hayes prank phone call the soviets she is spoofing the harshness of the soviet regime by contrast it with this. little girl from the decadent west. rich young thing who arrives in a rolls royce. can be a really successful pick. things. your afternoon amazing heroin or hero. you have to revoke a wonderful spot. like the plaza. and you have to last for several

i did not find any correspondence on this but die know -- i do know his mother was eloise steiner, and her father was a very wealthy textile merchant in the south. there are streets and boulevards named in their honor. i couldn't find anything about that, but i would be very surprised if they did not know about it or not -- >> on the issue of race the biggest this happeningment the fascinating thing is bozells influence. he was -- excuse the expression -- a fanatical hack. what was that -- buckley was, i would say, mainstream catholic, bozell was a much more aggressive catholic. the named his own magazine "triumph. >> yes, and formed his own resistance to the abortion movement, and in several of his relatives were arrested outside abortion clinics. >> so a lot stronger on issues of racial justice than buckley and is pushing buckley -- >> a lot of it was push, pulp from bozell, push from what was going on with the violence, and a lot of it was pull and a lot of it was prayer and reflection, and his mother throws her hands up, i've never had a question like this, i have to pray on this.

>> was that -- >> i did not find any correspondence on this, but i do know that his mother was eloise steiner. her father was a very wealthy textile per chant in the south. there are streets and boulevards named in their honor. i couldn't find anything about that. but i would be very surprised if they, did not know about it or were not aware of it. >> on issue of race the biggest thing happening, especially for catholics. other thing fascinated me about the story is bozell's influence. he was, excuse the expression, a fanatical catholic. >> convert. >> only he could be that fanatical. >> right. what was that, buckley i would say a mainstream catholic. bozell was much more aggressive catholic. i believe he named his own magazine triumph. >> yeah. triumph. he formed his own resistance to abortion movement and he and several of his relatives were arrested outside of abortion clinics. >> he is stronger on issues of racial justice and than buckley and pushing buckley on this. >> a lot was push from bozell. push from what was going on with the violence. >> yeah. >> and a lot of it was pull