Inspiring Young Readers
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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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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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The Flower posted on 03 Sep 2018
In a small room, in a big grey city full of sad and colourless people, lives Brigg who works in a library
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WatAdventure in Australia posted on 27 Aug 2018
What young child hasn’t dreamed about going on a magical night time adventure with their toys?
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Beyond the Fence posted on 20 Aug 2018
I’m a sucker for an anthropomorphic pig and children’s picture books can always be relied on to come up with some of the very best examples.
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Polonius the Pit Pony posted on 06 Aug 2018
I was eager to read this picture book with a text by Richard O’Neill, a storyteller of renown from a traveller heritage....
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Home and Dry posted on 30 Jul 2018
I just love children’s books that are - (what shall I call them?) - a touch eccentric.
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Is it a Mermaid? posted on 28 Jul 2018
When is a mermaid not a mermaid? And what exactly is a mermaid anyway?
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Clive and his Babies posted on 25 Jul 2018
I am very fond of Clive, a gentle, sensitive, imaginative little boy who has now starred in several picture board books published by Child’s Play