Inspiring Young Readers
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The Key to Flambards posted on 07 Oct 2018
When I was a child I must confess that I preferred ballet stories to horsey stories - there seemed to be an awful lot of both genres about ..
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Apple Cake and Baklava posted on 04 Oct 2018
Leila has fled with her family from Syria, via Italy, to live in rural Germany, where she is about to start at another new school.
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Sea Prayer posted on 03 Oct 2018
All wars generate their own body of literature – sometimes elegiac or reflective, sometimes jingoistic or triumphal
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Froggy Day posted on 30 Sep 2018
The frog is one of those creatures that is always destined to be successful as a picture book character.
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How Rude! posted on 28 Sep 2018
Smiling Duck is clearly very pleased to arrive at his friend Dot’s house but when she opens her front door, he doesn’t respond to her friendly greeting..
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Sherlock and the Baskerville Beast posted on 27 Sep 2018
In this new picture story book from the US/Italian team of Corrine Gosling and Andrea Alemanno, have plenty of fun with the whole Sherlock Holmes heritage.
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Sing To The Moon posted on 25 Sep 2018
This latest, beautiful offering from Lantana Publishing takes us into the life of a young boy in Uganda.
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Big Trouble for Nellie Choc-Ice posted on 23 Sep 2018
I had a big smile in my face when this review copy arrived because I had very much enjoyed reading about the first adventure of Nellie Choc - Ice
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Armistice Runner posted on 21 Sep 2018
When I picked up this latest Barrington Stoke publication I have to admit I was a bit worried that it might be one I’d struggle with...
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True Sisters posted on 19 Sep 2018
Are blood relationships as significant as those that develop between children who are thrown together as a result of being in a foster family...