Inspiring Young Readers
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Where the Water Takes Us posted on 03 Aug 2024
Alan Barillaro may be a new name to you but it’s very possible you already know other things he’s done ....
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The Bear Who Had Nothing To Wear posted on 01 Aug 2024
We may not all spend every day thinking about the clothes we choose to buy and wear and what those choices say about us...
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Luigi The Spider Who Wanted to be a Kitten posted on 30 Jul 2024
How do you feel about spiders? I know that those that love them as pets attest to their general friendliness and cuddly texture, but I remain to be convinc
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Bartie Bristle and Other Stories by the Teddy Bear Ladies posted on 26 Jul 2024
There are already so many delightful books featuring teddy bear characters that initially, I wondered about whether this one would offer anything different
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Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North posted on 25 Jul 2024
12-year-old Mani sits huddled in a cave living off the last jar of pickled rat.
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Pavlo Gets the Grumps posted on 23 Jul 2024
In my experience, the emotions of young children veer from being ecstatically happy to being extremely grumpy
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Ferris posted on 18 Jul 2024
At the beginning of 2024, I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Di Camillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst and I was impressed....
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Great Expectations posted on 16 Jul 2024
This rich, profoundly moving classic novel by Charles Dickens has been cited as a significant creative inspiration by so many authors.
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Grandpa Kuma posted on 14 Jul 2024
As an avid collector of books featuring grandparents, I was intrigued to receive this review copy about a little human girl and her Bear Grandpa
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Brown Bears posted on 11 Jul 2024
Big brown bears have become so much part of our storytelling traditions ....