Inspiring Young Readers
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Tahmineh’s Beautiful Bird posted on 17 Aug 2017
One of the magical things that children’s picture books can do is to introduce younger readers to diverse cultures...
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Madeline Finn and the Library Dog posted on 15 Aug 2017
I’ve always considered myself very lucky when it comes to reading – I can’t remember having any problems...
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A Bottle of Happiness posted on 14 Aug 2017
How can you measure the value of happiness?
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Storm Whale posted on 10 Aug 2017
This book originally published earlier in the year in Australia and now by Old Barn Books here in the UK...
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Looking for Yesterday posted on 08 Aug 2017
What could be more inviting than a picture book cover that shows a boy with his granddad sitting on a flying book ...
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Remember the journey to School Integration posted on 07 Aug 2017
On 17th May 1954 the Supreme Court heard the case of Brown v Board of Education in Topeka ...
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Lulu Gets a Cat posted on 06 Aug 2017
It is always a delight to read another story about the eponymous Lulu ...
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A Child's Garden of Verses posted on 30 Jul 2017
Since it was first published in 1885, Stevenson’s collection of what are sometimes quite dark and controversial poems for children ...
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Bee & Me posted on 16 Jul 2017
This beautifully illustrated wordless picture book manages to convey so many strong messages ...
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Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen posted on 12 Jul 2017
There must literally be thousands of different editions of the stories of Hans Christian Andersen’s in various translations, retellings and illustrated for