Inspiring Young Readers
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Why I love libraries….even though my relationship with them has been a difficult one posted on 02 Nov 2018
Let me start by saying that I love libraries and everything they stand for...
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Children’s books and the adult reader posted on 26 Oct 2018
During this year’s Cheltenham Literary Festival I went along to hear the great children’s book author and illustrator, Helen Oxenbury......
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Championing children’s books: a conversation with Neil and Sue from Child’s Play (International) Ltd. posted on 13 Sep 2018
A conversation with Neil and Sue from Child’s Play (International) Ltd.
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Enjoying books with little Lucy posted on 10 Sep 2018
I was recently browsing my book collection for ones that my daughter Lucy liked when she was about six years old in 1979.
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Caring For The Careworn: Sad-Faced Boy posted on 04 Sep 2018
If you are a book collector or you are in the process of building up your own personal library, you may have looked for advice ...
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A Reading For Pleasure Manifesto posted on 02 Sep 2018
A Reading For Pleasure Manifesto by Andy Seed
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Raising a Reader: Boden at two years old posted on 26 Aug 2018
I am delighted to tell you that my two year old grandson still really loves his books.
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Classic Covers : The Fair To Middling posted on 16 Aug 2018
Arthur Calder-Marshall’s The Fair To Middling was published in 1959 and boasted a jacket that was designed and illustrated by the brilliant Raymond Briggs
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Out of focus: why are children’s books about photography as rare as hen’s teeth? posted on 07 Jul 2018
I can’t quite remember when I became seriously interested in photography as an art form...
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The classic years of I-Spy books posted on 21 Jun 2018
I’m not sure when it happens but lots of children – and in my experience boys more than girls – reach an age when an urge to collect and classify stuff