Inspiring Young Readers
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Letterpress at Lollipops Play Café, Bournemouth posted on 03 Jan 2017
My two year old granddaughter had her birthday party at this rather lovely café in Westbourne, Bournemouth
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Posters posted on 03 Jan 2017
Maurice Sendak is a legend in the world of children’s book illustration.
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Forget me not: dementia portrayed in picture books for younger children posted on 02 Jan 2017
I've written before about the need for children to read about dementia as part of a ''normal' social landscape...
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Harmsen Van Der Beek (a.k.a Beek) posted on 30 Dec 2016
I know that Enid Blyton’s Noddy stories divide opinion ....
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From Roald Dahl to Alan Garner posted on 30 Dec 2016
The other evening I spent time with Michael Peach, an elderly retired architect who lives in a splendid Hobbit- like house...
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Ways of the Doomed posted on 27 Dec 2016
This is the second YA novel from this talented Scottish author whose first book ‘The Incomers’ was nominated for the prestigious Saltaire Society First
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The Circus and Other Stories : four books by Samuil Marshak and Vladimir Lebedev posted on 25 Dec 2016
The Tate Art Gallery have produced some outstanding children's books in recent years....
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An Interview With Tracey Corderoy posted on 24 Dec 2016
An Interview With Tracey Corderoy
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Stone Underpants posted on 19 Dec 2016
This humorous picture book is one that will make young children laugh out loud...
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Journey to Jo'Burg posted on 18 Dec 2016
Naledi, aged thirteen and her nine year old brother, Tiro live apart from their mother and need to contact her urgently ...