Inspiring Young Readers
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Off to the North posted on 08 May 2022
This odd – and I think quite rare – children’s book has no acknowledged author ...
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'Wild Things and Gold Rings' is back posted on 14 Mar 2022
'Wild Things and Gold Rings' is back Like most people I have found the last two years very frustrating in terms of not being able to do ordinary, taken for
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White Horses by Eric Ravilious and Anne Pattullo: recreating Eric Ravilious’s “lost Puffin” posted on 31 Jan 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn admires the careful recreation of what was thought to be a lost classic Puffin title.
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Unconsidered and Undervalued: children’s book illustration posted on 10 Jan 2022
Just recently here at Letterpress we’ve been taking time to dust and reorganise the extensive illustrated children’s book collection.
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Grandmothers in picture books posted on 06 Jan 2022
I have been collecting picture books featuring grandmothers for several years ....
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From the Letterpress Project Bookshelves: Purnell’s Golden Picture Classics series posted on 08 Nov 2021
I have to make full declaration right at the outset of this article – I really don’t know very much at all about this series of books...
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Puffin Picture Books: a revolutionary idea in children’s publishing posted on 18 Oct 2021
I’ve recently had the good fortune to come across a number of original children’s books in the Puffin Picture Book series...
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Book Jackets From The Letterpress Bookshelves posted on 11 Oct 2021
In this article we’ll be sharing the book jacket artwork created for two children’s books that we’ve collected over the years.
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Reading at the table posted on 27 Sep 2021
Warning – this piece may upset people who believe that mealtimes are just for eating and talking together about everyone’s day...
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Promising Pages: irrigating the book desert posted on 05 Sep 2021
Close friends of us here at the Letterpress Project - Kay and Michael Reid – left the UK over two decades ago....