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Hello! 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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First Pages : Eustacia goes to the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
An introduction to Children's Literature by Peter Hunt
Enid (2009), a film review
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The Morning Gift : Eva Ibbotson
Apple and Rain : Sarah Crossan
2014 : The year of the paradigm shift?
Pea’s Book of Big Dreams : Susie Day
#kidbkgrp Christmas in Children’s Literature
Corpse Talk : Adam T Murphy
Department 19 – Zero Hour : Will Hill
Russell Howard’s Good News
Atomic Sheep : Sally Jane Thompson
A couple of thoughts on Mockingjay Part One and the nature of heroism
“Only the Other could write my love story, my novel”
A Children’s Literature Tour of Great Britain : Mark West
Bernard : Rob Jones
Indigo’s Star : Hilary McKay
#kidbkgrp recap : Picture Books
A question of fit
Endangered and More Strange Stories : Art Heroes
A Little Princess : Frances Hodgson Burnett
TiN : Chris Judge
Let’s talk a little bit about adults and children’s literature
Belzhar : Meg Wolitzer
War Girls : A Collection of First World War stories through the eyes of young women
A few thoughts on reading out loud
Jo of the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Awards and children’s literature
No and Me : Delphine de Vigan
I registered this blog five years ago today
Wolf Brother : Michelle Paver
The Sixth Form at St Clare’s : Pamela Cox
News
Worrals of the W.A.A.F : W.E Johns
#kidbkgrp Historical Children’s Literature
Nevermore : Linda Newbery
The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting : Holly Bourne
The Chalet School In The Oberland : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Further reading
The Rights of the Reader : Daniel Pennac
How artists see feelings : Colleen Carroll
Framed : Frank Cottrell Boyce
What is Contemporary Art? A Children’s Guide : Jacky and Suzy Klein
The Five Senses : Hervé Tullet
The Boy Who Fell Into A Book : The Joy of Book-Based Theatre
Shelves! Shelves with books!
#kidbkgrp – Boundaries and responsibilities in children’s literature
The Glass Bird Girl : Esme Kerr
Have you heard of #kidbkgrp ?
“Language is a skin : I rub my language against the other”
An introduction to the school story – ten titles to begin your reading journey
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