Inspiring Young Readers
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Manu and The Flood and Akbar and Birbal posted on 07 Aug 2020
Published in Mumbai in 2015, these two retellings of traditional Indian tales are, on the face of it, very simple little stories told in very few words.
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ posted on 04 Aug 2020
Back in 1985 when this was first published, it was a sensation shifting the best part of two million copies in no time.
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds posted on 31 Jul 2020
Guest reviewer, Mia Bano enjoys the exploits of Zaiba, a 'tenacious, crime-solving British Pakistani girl'
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After the War: from Auschwitz to Ambleside posted on 28 Jul 2020
Author Tom Palmer has made something of a specialism of uncovering untold stories from the Second World War..
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The Knight Who Might posted on 26 Jul 2020
Everybody likes an uplifting tale about perseverance, as long as there is some kind of positive outcome.
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An A to Z of Monsters and Magical Beings posted on 23 Jul 2020
I defy you to find me a child who isn’t absolutely enthralled by the idea of monsters.
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Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty posted on 20 Jul 2020
One of the things that makes traditional fairy tales so compelling and long lasting is their ability to be adapted and flexed ...
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin posted on 16 Jul 2020
Probably originating in Lower Saxony (now part of Germany) in the Middle Ages, this traditional tale of a town overwhelmed by rats ...
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Mini Grey posted on 13 Jul 2020
I have always been a big fan of this award winning illustrator’s quirky style.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy posted on 09 Jul 2020
If your first encounter with Douglas Adams’ extraordinary feat of philosophically genre-bending comic imagination was via the original 1978 radio version