Inspiring Young Readers
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Remember the journey to School Integration posted on 07 Aug 2017
On 17th May 1954 the Supreme Court heard the case of Brown v Board of Education in Topeka ...
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Lulu Gets a Cat posted on 06 Aug 2017
It is always a delight to read another story about the eponymous Lulu ...
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A Child's Garden of Verses posted on 30 Jul 2017
Since it was first published in 1885, Stevenson’s collection of what are sometimes quite dark and controversial poems for children ...
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Bee & Me posted on 16 Jul 2017
This beautifully illustrated wordless picture book manages to convey so many strong messages ...
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Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen posted on 12 Jul 2017
There must literally be thousands of different editions of the stories of Hans Christian Andersen’s in various translations, retellings and illustrated for
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Ella, Queen of Jazz posted on 02 Jul 2017
How did the friendship begin between two great artists – the brilliant jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and the film star Marilyn Monroe?
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Stars and Primroses posted on 30 Jun 2017
This highly unusual book of illustrated poetry for children was first published in 1945 ......
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Wild Animals of the North posted on 22 Jun 2017
German-born artist Dieter Braun’s guide to some of the most magnificent animals in the Northern hemisphere is a truly beautiful book.
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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas posted on 07 Jun 2017
Sometimes a book touches such a chord with readers that it breaks free from its author......
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Puffin By Design: 70 Years of Imagination 1940-2010 posted on 01 Jun 2017
I can hardly believe this wonderful book is now almost seven years old.