Inspiring Young Readers
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Maybe You Might posted on 02 Oct 2022
I recognised Anna Cunha's award-winning and distinctive illustrative style as soon as I saw the book cover.
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John Gordon, Dennis Hamley, Penelope Lively: More children’s fiction from the 1960s & 70s posted on 28 Sep 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn continues his exploration of vintage teen literature with three ambitious but now largely neglected novels.
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A Pair of Jesus-Boots posted on 25 Sep 2022
Children’s author, Sylvia Sherry was born in 1932 and published nine novels.
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An Interview with Petr Horáček posted on 21 Sep 2022
An Interview with Petr Horáček
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Lands of Belonging: A History of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Britain posted on 18 Sep 2022
This informative and very interesting non-fiction book has been needed for a long time to redress the yawning gap ...
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The Intruder posted on 14 Sep 2022
The Intruder (1969) is probably the author’s best known novel and the one that won him a number of awards ...
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An Interview With Jenny Sullivan posted on 11 Sep 2022
An Interview with Jenny Sullivan
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The Baddies posted on 07 Sep 2022
All of the picture books published so far by this creative pair are big hits with young children, their parents and teachers.
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The Wonderful World of Oz posted on 04 Sep 2022
L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in book form in 1900, has gone on to become both a children’s classic and a wider cultural phenomenon
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Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising sequence posted on 31 Aug 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn takes a look at the books that make up The Dark Is Rising sequence.