Inspiring Young Readers
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A Meeting With Mr Badger posted on 30 Aug 2015
There is something about Mr Badger in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame that for me elevates him...
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Alice and Me posted on 01 Aug 2015
I'm not sure whether anyone ever read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to me when I was a child. I may have come across an abridged version...
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Where are the tattoos in children's books? posted on 28 Jul 2015
In the not so distant past of my 1950s childhood, tattoos were usually associated with the armed forces ....
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The book between Dirk Bogarde and David Attenborough posted on 28 Jul 2015
My elderly parents have rather an eclectic book collection. Some classic fiction, poetry, nature...