Inspiring Young Readers
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Granny was a Buffer Girl posted on 31 Jul 2022
All families have rich histories and complex back-stories that get passed on from one generation to the next.
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The Complete Edition of Andersen & Grimm posted on 25 Jul 2022
I think I should start with a point of clarification: this isn’t a complete collection of all things Andersen and Grimm but something a little more modest
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The Railway Children posted on 20 Jul 2022
Prolific children's author, Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) is a fascinating and complex character.
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Moondial posted on 17 Jul 2022
Helen Cresswell, who died in 2005, was a successful television scriptwriter and a prolific children’s novelist...
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The Secret Garden posted on 13 Jul 2022
Originally published in 1911, The Secret Garden has become an established ‘classic’ of the children’s literature canon.
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Bozo the Clown read-along books – Bozo at the Circus and Bozo Under the Sea posted on 10 Jul 2022
The character of Bozo the Clown was created in America in 1946 by Alan W Livingston as a unique children’s entertainment
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An Interview with Lucas Marques Lima posted on 06 Jul 2022
An Interview with Lucas Marques Lima
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Mrs Noah’s Song posted on 03 Jul 2022
What a treat to receive a review copy of the third story about Mrs Noah.
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That Book Woman posted on 29 Jun 2022
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response to the desperate Great Depression of the late 1920s and early 1930’s in the USA...
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Birdsong posted on 26 Jun 2022
This beautifully written and, at times, lyrical novella introduces us to the therapeutic qualities of music ...