Inspiring Young Readers
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A Way to the Stars posted on 06 Feb 2024
If you’re lucky enough to live outside the big city and the sky isn’t its usual cloudy canopy, you’ll see a magnificent blanket of stars .....
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Do You Remember? posted on 25 Jan 2024
When everything is changing around you and you’re feeling vulnerable and a little bit lost, it’s comforting to be able to fall back on shared memories
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Ice Journey of the Polar Bear posted on 23 Jan 2024
Some of the most distressing and powerful images of climate change that most of us have seen are the pictures of forlorn and bedraggled Polar Bears
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Three Tasks for a Dragon posted on 04 Jan 2024
Irish author, Eoin Colfer – he of Artemis Fowl fame – has written a very modern ‘traditional’ tale....
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Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas posted on 12 Dec 2023
It’s that time of year again. You may well be on the look-out for a suitably festive Christmas story for your youngster
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Ivor the Engine posted on 11 Dec 2023
What a team author, Oliver Postgate (1925 – 2008) and artist /puppet-maker, Peter Firmin (1928 – 2018) made.
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Bunnies in a Sleigh posted on 09 Dec 2023
The first word that came to mind when I saw the cover of this ‘crazy Christmas story’ was exuberance.
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Madame Badobedah and the Old Bones posted on 04 Dec 2023
This is the second adventure starring young Mabel who lives with her parents at The Mermaid Hotel ....
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Cosmic Wonder: Halley’s Comet and Humankind posted on 24 Nov 2023
I would imagine that Halley’s Comet must rank as one of the most readily recognised astronomical phenomena amongst the wider general public
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Peace on Earth posted on 14 Nov 2023
The theme of peace is always going to be appealing for those of us who believe that it might be possible to live more companionably one day.