Inspiring Young Readers
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A different look at collecting children's books posted on 29 Mar 2016
If you take a look at the catalogues of most of the bigger, prestigious second hand book dealers, you'll find they have a children's book section
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Five Children and It posted on 28 Mar 2016
This is another one of those classic children's books that I think I have read but then realise that I haven't.
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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 Art of Being Normal posted on 23 Mar 2016
Lisa Williamson's debut novel for the young adult market certainly hasn't slipped quietly into the world.
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Alan Aldridge posted on 22 Mar 2016
As an illustrator, Alan Aldridge personifies the British late Sixties hippie and underground.
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The Letterpress Project @ The Brighter Futures Nursery posted on 20 Mar 2016
The Letterpress Project @ The Brighter Futures Nursery Project Director, Karen Argent, took Eddy Teddy along to meet the children and share stories
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth posted on 16 Mar 2016
In Germany, Professor Lidenbrock has developed an obsession – he wants to follow in the footsteps of the Icelander, Arne Saknussenum
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The Lie Tree posted on 15 Mar 2016
I usually try to avoid looking at reviews before writing my own but must confess...
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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 Pomegranate Tree posted on 10 Mar 2016
Vanessa Altin is a tabloid journalist and she intended this to be a shocking book which should be read by teenagers