Inspiring Young Readers
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Big Bad Bun posted on 24 Apr 2016
What do you do if you get a school report that's going to go down like a lead balloon with your parents?
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Nursery Rhymes illustrated by Paula Rego posted on 23 Apr 2016
Paula Rego was born in 1938 as a Portuguese citizen but her Anglophile parents sent her to school in the UK during the 1950s
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Lost in Middle Earth posted on 20 Apr 2016
I'm not really much of a fan of fantasy writing. There are some exceptions - Alan Garner, Ursula Le Guin and some dystopian fringe science fiction
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Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith posted on 17 Apr 2016
The story of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet with a desire to become a truly human little boy, feels like a story that is timeless
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David Roberts posted on 15 Apr 2016
I was lucky enough to be at a conference a few years ago where David Roberts was one of the star attractions.
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Jane Ray and Kevin Crossley-Holland @ Oxford Literary Festival posted on 10 Apr 2016
On Saturday 9th April we went along to see Jane Ray and Kevin Crossley-Holland talking about their latest collaboration, Heartsong
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Christian Birmingham posted on 10 Apr 2016
Christian Birmingham is one of those illustrators whose distinctive style ...
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Demolition Man posted on 09 Apr 2016
This was a bit of a risky read for me as I don't usually warm to what appear to be 'jokey' books.
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Federation of Children’s Book Groups Annual Conference 2016 posted on 08 Apr 2016
I spent a lovely couple of days last weekend at the Telford Campus at the University of Wolverhampton which hosted this year’s FCBG conference
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Thursday's Child posted on 05 Apr 2016
I was interested to read that this book was inspired by a real life encounter by the writer with a girl who...