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You’ll find book reviews here of everyone from Angela Brazil to Tyra Banks, alongside deep dives on the girls’ boarding school story and the world of literature and libraries. I hope you enjoy what you find!
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An introduction to Children's Literature by Peter Hunt
The Sixth Form at St Clare's : Pamela Cox
A most unusual place : Dartington Hall and its role in children's literature
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On facilitating children’s literature
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Sisters : Raina Telgemeier
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Let’s talk about sequels in children’s literature
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Green Grass of Wyoming : Mary O’Hara
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First Pages : Eustacia goes to the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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First Class Murder : Robin Stevens
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Doodle Lit : Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland : Alison Jay
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The Secrets of Sam and Sam : Susie Day
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I just read my first ever Jane Austen – and this is what I learnt in the process
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Max’s Wagon : Barbro Lindgren & Eva Eriksson
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Dog Ears : Anne Booth
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Fire Colour One : Jenny Valentine
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Curiouser and Curiouser : Looking for Alice in Llandudno
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The River Singers : Tom Moorhouse
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Only Ever Yours – Louise O’Neill
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Minnow on the Say : Philippa Pearce
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Eloise in Moscow : Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
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“We don’t bury ourselves in books – books bury themselves in us” : finding ‘sequels’ for children’s literature classics
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The blurred edge of literature (or: trees make books make trees)
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Y : The Last Man : Brian K. Vaughan
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The Chalet School at War : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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This much I know : reflections on the PhD process thus far
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Agatha Parrot and the Thirteenth Chicken : Kjartan Poskitt
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First Pages : ‘The School at the Chalet’ by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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One : Sarah Crossan
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The Last Wild : Piers Torday
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that every rainy day requires a very good book”
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