Inspiring Young Readers
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The Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood posted on 05 Mar 2017
The Disney Corporation have never been reticent to take the most diabolical liberties with tradition stories and fairy tales.
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Three dragons plus plenty of books posted on 01 Mar 2017
I very much enjoyed meeting with the nursery and reception classes at Our Lady of Compassion school in Olton the other day ...
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The Memory of an Elephant: An unforgettable journey posted on 28 Feb 2017
Originally published in France in 2012 this clever book didn’t get an English translation until 2014 in an American edition.
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The Bear Who Stared posted on 26 Feb 2017
Duncan Beedie’s early career was as an animator in children's TV and he then branched into design, illustration and animation for websites ...
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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.....