Inspiring Young Readers
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What Is A Child posted on 23 Sep 2016
Last year we featured Alemagna’s wonderful A Lion In Paris on our site and so we just had to showcase this one too.
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It's A Book posted on 07 Sep 2016
There really is nothing more satisfying than a beautiful picture book that works with an idea that’s so simple it’s positively sublime.
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The Lines on Nana's Face posted on 02 Sep 2016
It was easy to miss the cover of this one with its soft pastel colours ...
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Baker Cat posted on 22 Aug 2016
For many years I only knew Posy Simmonds as a cartoonist in The Guardian where she gently – and sometimes not so gently – satirised....
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The Magic of Coal by Peggy. M. Hart : A Puffin Picture Book posted on 19 Aug 2016
Soon after Allen Lane had established Penguin paperback books as a viable concern, Noel Carrington, who had been an editor at the Oxford University Press,
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville, presented by Jan Needle and illustrated by Patrick Benson posted on 09 Aug 2016
How do you introduce younger readers to the classics?
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The Crocodile Blues posted on 21 Jul 2016
I love books that take chances and this one takes plenty.
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A Christmas Carol posted on 03 Jul 2016
It must be a daunting experience to find yourself commissioned to illustrate a classic Dickens tale like A Christmas Carol
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Ellington was not a street posted on 26 Jun 2016
The Americans do this kind of children's book celebrating cultural diversity so well.
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The Detective Dog posted on 22 Jun 2016
This is a delightful book about Detective Dog Nell