Inspiring Young Readers
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Bidge and Bodge posted on 01 May 2023
The memorable eponymous characters are two adventure-loving bears who live in the tallest tree in the biggest forest...
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Clutch posted on 26 Apr 2023
Award-winning children’s novelist, M.G. Leonard brings us a third instalment of the adventures of the bird-watching detectives ....
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What it was like to be a VIKING posted on 19 Apr 2023
Popular culture has bequeathed us a picture of the Vikings as people dedicated to violence, pillage and battle.
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Bear and Bird: The Picnic and other Stories posted on 12 Apr 2023
Children’s books often portray the most contented and inclusive of societies when friendship crosses the boundaries of species...
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Operation Banana posted on 05 Apr 2023
I belong to a generation of children who grew up in the 50s and 60s listening to stories of wartime deprivation from parents and grandparents.
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The Great Fox Heist posted on 02 Apr 2023
The thing about magic tricks is that they are all about sleight of hand and distracting the observer from what’s really going on.
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Stag Boy posted on 16 Mar 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Stag Boy, a book that combines the real and the magical worlds while also weaving in a complex mix of issues
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The Swish posted on 13 Mar 2023
I was just a little bit nervous about reading and reviewing this debut YA novel because I am not renowned for my fashion sense...
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Meg and Merlin posted on 09 Mar 2023
We rate this author very highly at the Letterpress Project and have reviewed several of her books designed for young adult readers
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The Wishkeeper’s Apprentice posted on 02 Mar 2023
Felix Jones is feeling down in the dumps – his best friend has left town, his sister seems to have forgotten to collect him after football and…..it’s