Inspiring Young Readers
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Hurray For Peregrine Pig posted on 25 Mar 2016
What is it about anthropomorphic pigs? There's something fundamentally delightful about the way the porcine can be constructed as virtually human
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The Secret Garden posted on 15 Mar 2016
It must be a great honour and, at the same time, an incredible challenge to be asked to design and illustrate a new edition of a great classic like The Sec
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The Tiger Who Came To Tea posted on 27 Feb 2016
It is quite difficult to write a review of what is undisputedly a classic picture book which is also now a recognisable brand
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Through my Window posted on 15 Feb 2016
I have such fond memories of discovering this book when I was a nursery teacher in inner city Birmingham...
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The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon posted on 04 Feb 2016
The very talented prize winning Mini Grey is an author/ illustrator who admits that she enjoys meandering in a kind of stream of consciousness way
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Paul : the hero of the fire posted on 31 Jan 2016
Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Puffin, the children’s arm of the Penguin publishing empire...
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Aladdin's Picture Book posted on 27 Jan 2016
Walter Crane was one of the great innovative artists of the nineteenth century.
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Young England: An Illustrated Magazine For Boys posted on 22 Jan 2016
In the summer of 1914 Britain was embarking on a war that the majority of the population thought would be over by Christmas
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Treasure Island posted on 18 Jan 2016
I have to admit that I didn't read Treasure Island when I was a boy...
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Movable Books posted on 10 Jan 2016
We have become quite accustomed to seeing interactive books aimed at children of all ages.