Inspiring Young Readers
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Mary Poppins posted on 26 Feb 2017
If, like me, your only knowledge of the story of Mary Poppins comes from the Disney movie starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke...
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Chris Van Allsburg posted on 24 Feb 2017
I have to admit that I came to Van Allsburg’s illustrations and children’s books quite late.
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We All Sleep Under The Same Stars posted on 24 Feb 2017
This booklet, produced by The Letterpress Project includes poems and illustrations produced by Year 6 Pupils and responses to the poems ...
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Four and Twenty Toilers posted on 19 Feb 2017
This large landscape folio book for children provides us with a genuinely fascinating look at the class structure of Edwardian England.
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Deep Secret posted on 15 Feb 2017
This is a book about the inevitability of change, the way we all tend to resist change happening in our lives...
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Kit De Waal at Newman University, 13th February 2017 posted on 14 Feb 2017
Speaking to students and staff representing a number of different degree programmes at Newman University.....
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At the meeting point between literature and life posted on 14 Feb 2017
Sometimes a fictional book comes to life before my eyes - and it isn't necessarily a good experience.
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The City posted on 12 Feb 2017
I love the work of this Swiss born Australian illustrator.
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An Interview With Duncan Beedie posted on 12 Feb 2017
An Interview With Duncan Beedie
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An Interview With Maria Turtschaninoff posted on 08 Feb 2017
An Interview With Maria Turtschaninoff