Inspiring Young Readers
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An Interview with Michelle Maiden posted on 21 Jul 2024
An Interview with Michelle Maiden
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Ferris posted on 18 Jul 2024
At the beginning of 2024, I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Di Camillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst and I was impressed....
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Great Expectations posted on 16 Jul 2024
This rich, profoundly moving classic novel by Charles Dickens has been cited as a significant creative inspiration by so many authors.
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Grandpa Kuma posted on 14 Jul 2024
As an avid collector of books featuring grandparents, I was intrigued to receive this review copy about a little human girl and her Bear Grandpa
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Brown Bears posted on 11 Jul 2024
Big brown bears have become so much part of our storytelling traditions ....
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Back to the Future with Year Six posted on 09 Jul 2024
I used memories of myself as a ten year old lover of comics and annuals in 1965 as a way into the rather daunting theme of ‘Rebuilding Britain after WW2’
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The Smile Shop posted on 07 Jul 2024
Originally published in a UK hardback in 2020, Satoshi Kitamura’s much lauded picture story book, The Smile Shop is now available...
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LIONEL posted on 04 Jul 2024
I am lucky enough to own hundreds of children’s books about various animals, but have none with a rhinoceros as the central character.
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The Spaceman posted on 02 Jul 2024
In your quieter moments of contemplation, have you ever wondered what the world would look and feel like if you’d never seen it before
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The Magic Calaloo posted on 01 Jul 2024
I am always delighted to receive review copies by Trish Cooke as she is one of my all time favourite authors of children’s books.