Inspiring Young Readers
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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
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Raining Fire posted on 09 Mar 2016
Another belting story from Alan Gibbons – full of action, tension and power but intelligent and thought-provoking at the same time
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Bali Rai @ Newman University posted on 08 Mar 2016
Newman University welcomed the writer Bali Rai to it's Atrium lecture theatre to talk to staff and students
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Alfred Bestall posted on 06 Mar 2016
Whenever I see a Rupert Bear drawing it immediately conjours my childhood Christmas mornings when comic book annuals were on of my staples
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Letterpress Project @ Old Church School, Darlaston posted on 01 Mar 2016
Project Director, Karen Argent, was invited to spend some of the day (29th February 2016) working with the children...
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Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads posted on 28 Feb 2016
David Almond is one of my favourite authors whose beautiful but economical prose always hits the spot.
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The Tiger Who Came To Tea posted on 27 Feb 2016
It is quite difficult to write a review of what is undisputedly a classic picture book which is also now a recognisable brand
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When The Siren Wailed posted on 25 Feb 2016
When the Siren Wailed by Noel Streatfeild I have always been interested in stories about Second World War evacuees, partly because my father was one.