Inspiring Young Readers
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Journey Outside posted on 03 Nov 2022
U.S. born author, Mary Q. Steele (1922 - 1992) was primarily a children’s author but also wrote for adults around issues of nature and the natural world.
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Scared? posted on 31 Oct 2022
I very much enjoyed an earlier publication by Neal Zetter and so I looked forward to settling down (or being unsettled given the subject) with this one
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Small Shadows Creep posted on 27 Oct 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn dips into a collection of ghost stories edited by science fiction legend, Andre Norton
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Children of the Stone City posted on 09 Oct 2022
I admit to feeling a thrill when I received a review copy of a long-awaited new novel by this accomplished award-winning author.
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A Pair of Jesus-Boots posted on 25 Sep 2022
Children’s author, Sylvia Sherry was born in 1932 and published nine novels.
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Lands of Belonging: A History of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Britain posted on 18 Sep 2022
This informative and very interesting non-fiction book has been needed for a long time to redress the yawning gap ...
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The Intruder posted on 14 Sep 2022
The Intruder (1969) is probably the author’s best known novel and the one that won him a number of awards ...
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The Baddies posted on 07 Sep 2022
All of the picture books published so far by this creative pair are big hits with young children, their parents and teachers.
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The Midwinter Violins posted on 25 Aug 2022
The Puffin version of this book was published in 1976, three years after the original hardback release.
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning posted on 22 Aug 2022
The Bad Beginning is the first of what turned out to be a series of thirteen books by US author, Lemony Snicket, the pen name of Daniel Handler