Inspiring Young Readers
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The Song from Somewhere Else posted on 13 Nov 2016
This is a dark little tale about an ordinary ten year old, Francesca ...
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The Foreshadowing posted on 12 Nov 2016
It’s 1915, Europe is just descending into war and 17 year old Alexandra (Sasha) Fox is living a comfortable middle class life
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A rule is to break posted on 05 Nov 2016
I am drawn to books that are a bit risky in subject matter and this certainly one of them.
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The Dungeon posted on 01 Nov 2016
Lynne Reid Banks is one of those remarkable authors who appears to be able to write for children, young adults and older readers
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The Snowflake Mistake posted on 22 Oct 2016
I rather like picture books that successfully blend fantasy with reality...
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Women of the Harlem Renaissance posted on 20 Oct 2016
Introducing younger readers to a subject as complex and, for UK readers in particular, as distant in both time and geography as this, is no easy task
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Forget Me Not posted on 16 Oct 2016
Bonfire night in the park and everyone is having a good time. Ten year old twins, Conor and Erin are with their best friend..
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A Knit and A Knot posted on 15 Oct 2016
This is the third in the series of picture books about Little Lionel the lamb...
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A World Between Us posted on 12 Oct 2016
Writing a novel for teenagers about the Spanish Civil War and making it engaging and truthful ....
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Boy In Darkness posted on 05 Oct 2016
Back in the late Sixties when I was still a teenager, I desperately wanted to be associated with the ideas and lifestyle of the counter-cultural ...