National Book tokens 2021 - anyone started?

[Snoodleberry]

Just received the email and can’t believe another year has come around again so quickly. At first glance it is looking tough!

Need to settle down with a cup of tea and get started.

Anyone else attempting (and happy to share clues?! )

@TattiePants, thank you so much. Now I can sleep tonight

Google Dedalus in literature, not a book you'd read for light entertainment.

The Dedalus gallery is a classic from 1916 it it is all about what the old man is looking at.

The police box is about what the Tardis is.

Wohoo! Thanks so much. I'd gone off on completely the wrong tangent on both of them . So pleased to have finished!

I’ve got them all except the babies in a puddle? Any hints?

What is the puddle made of?

Of course! Thank you!

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit,

petrol? I'm stumped too!

I was mislead by the colour of the puddle too but it's made of what puddles are usually made of. The book is a very old fairy tale and the children are younger than toddlers.

Boom! Done !

Thanks for all the hints - I'm now just stuck on the balloon one (even with the hints). I suspect I'm just being dense, anyone got any more clues?

Say the letter out loud. What does it sound like?It’s a classic.

Thank you! I'd been fixated on turning the letter into a number....

Any more clues for the C balloon?

Is the sound C makes just a letter?

The c balloon stands for a word that sounds like c.

Then think about the age of the man holding the balloon.

Ah! Thanks.

Thanks, all.

I’ve got them all except the Tardis. Clues on this thread haven’t helped!

What does the Tardis travel through?

Might help if you google what Tardis stands for and what it does/is.

I know what Tardis stands for (DH is a massive Dr Who fan) and have tried lots of different combinations of those words. Have also tried googling them and still not coming up with anything!

Thank you to all the hinters! It's very good of you all to share your knowledge. I'd never have completed the quiz without you :-)

@ChessieFL

I know what Tardis stands for (DH is a massive Dr Who fan) and have tried lots of different combinations of those words. Have also tried googling them and still not coming up with anything!

Clue. It's an old book. Not of our ... what's the word ... era.

The hardest in some ways was the French couple on the tandem. They look so much like the two from Escape to the Chateau that I couldn’t see past that until a very kind contributor showed the way.