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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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An introduction to Children's Literature by Peter Hunt
Enid (2009), a film review
A new episode of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature
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Cowgirl : GR Gemin
The Everest Files : Matt Dickinson
Interplay in ‘the yes’ by Sarah Bee and Satoshi Kitamura
Rooftoppers : Katherine Rundell
Roofs in children’s literature
Down the Rabbit Hole
The Child’s Elephant : Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Party Shoes (Party Frock) : Noel Streatfeild
Happy International Book Giving Day
A couple of children’s literature related posters
A Daughter of Smoke and Bone : Laini Taylor
The King Of Space : Jonny Duddle
Every Day : David Levithan
Summer Term at the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Fangirl : Rainbow Rowell
Words, wording, writing, making : thoughts on authoring
Little Friends books – Priddy Books
The Chalet School Encyclopaedia (volume one) : Alison McCallum
How Children’s Literature Ruined My Life
I Capture The Castle : Dodie Smith
Saving Daisy : Phil Earle
Structurally speaking
Scorpia Rising : Anthony Horowitz
New beginnings, New Year’s resolutions, and a shiny quarter
Wales is done!
Model Misfit : Holly Smale
Carola Storms the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
“Look back, but don’t stare” : what I want from the world of children’s literature in 2014
Editing, reshaping and a sneak peek of things to come
Merry Christmas!
The best of 2013 : a look back
Love in children’s literature : the pain, the glory, the wonder
Foxy – Rivalry at Summer Camp : Belinda Rapley
Exciting Times
#kidbkgrp School Stories in Children’s Literature
Black Beauty’s Family : Christine, Diana, Josephine Pullein-Thompson
Alphaprints: ABC
News
Kentucky Thriller : Lauren St John
Open Very Carefully : Nicola O’Byrne & Nick Bromley
The World of Norm : May Contain Nuts – Jonathan Meres
The marginalisation of children’s literature
Mary-Lou of the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
A literary wander around Oxford (part two)
David Tennant’s Eyes
Blackout : Sam Mills
Read Your Way Around the UK (England’s done!)
Linnets and Valerians : Elizabeth Goudge
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