Inspiring Young Readers
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Captain Toby posted on 15 May 2025
There’s one land in which children and adults share the same status, where many of the everyday rules can be ignored ...
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Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story posted on 01 May 2025
Jackie Kay, who was the Makar (poet laureate) of Scotland for five years from 2016 to 2021, has used her own memories of childhood ...
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The Playdate posted on 03 Apr 2025
One of my favourite children’s picture books of the year so far...
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Hannah and the Violin posted on 20 Mar 2025
It is always a treat to see a new picture book by this internationally acclaimed author and illustrator
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The Endless Sea posted on 12 Mar 2025
The Endless Sea by Chi Thai, illustrated by Linh Dao The escalating temperature surrounding the political debate over the ever-growing numbers of displaced
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Grandad’s Star posted on 08 Mar 2025
How do you introduce younger children to the notion that their beloved grandparents might fall ill
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The Found Things posted on 06 Mar 2025
I am always pleased to see another picture book from this imaginative and talented author/ illustrator.
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A Card for My Mum posted on 03 Mar 2025
Here’s a puzzle for you: we send a lot fewer letters than we ever did because the growth in digital technology has taken a huge bite out of the market
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Milo’s Hat Trick posted on 06 Feb 2025
Originally published in 2001, the good people at Scallywag Press have done us all a big favour by reissuing a paperback edition
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Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love posted on 03 Feb 2025
Back is September 2023, I was fortunate enough to be able to review Joseph Coelho’s first offering in this series