Skip to content
Daisy May Johnson
About Me
My Books
The Blog
Say Hello
Research
Hire Me
The blog
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!
If you’re looking for something in particular, why not start here…
Search
Popular Posts:
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
Most recent:
Book covers, oh my!
Hubble Bubble : The Glorious Granny Bake Off : Tracey Corderoy & Joe Berger
“The more we invest in children, the more we destroy their future”
Comics #kidbkgrp
Ballet Shoes : Noel Streatfeild
Joey and Co. In Tirol : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Creation : a tribute
The Tiger Who Came To Tea : Judith Kerr
Blood Red, Snow White : Marcus Sedgwick
Silver on The Tree : Susan Cooper
The Grey King : Susan Cooper
Greenwitch : Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising : Susan Cooper
A Problem for the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Hansel and Gretel : Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clark
Over Sea, Under Stone : Susan Cooper
#ReadyourwayaroundtheUK – London roundup
How the Heather Looks – a joyous journey to the British sources of Children’s Books : Joan Bodger
Weasels : Elys Dolan
#readyourwayaroundtheUK – an update, a thank you and a challenge!
The Disgrace of Kitty Grey: Mary Hooper
Read Your Way Around the UK
The Coming of Age of the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Room : Emma Donoghue
The rights of the reader #childrensbookweek
The Storm Born (A Story)
Darkness in children’s literature #kidbkgrp
Me Myself Milly : Penelope Bush
“You could put the otters in the sidecar?”
#kidbkgrp update – Oct/Nov/Dec dates and topics!
Dixie O’Day In The Fast Lane : Shirley Hughes & Clara Vulliamy
Best of British : is there such a thing as the Great British Children’s Book?
Rabbityness : Jo Empson
Moose Baby : Meg Rosoff
A 21st Century Chalet School Girl
Rhythm and Rhyme in Madeline
The Story Of The Treasure Seekers : E Nesbit
News and more from this week in the world of children’s literature
#kidbkgrp
How to be a Woman : Caitlin Moran
How children distinguish fantasy from reality
Favourites in children’s literature #kidbkgrp
Dying to know you : Aidan Chambers
Cover Analysis : The 100 most wished for books on Amazon
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You : Ally Carter
News, reviews and articles from the world of Children’s Literature
Back Home : Michelle Magorian
VIII : HM Castor
1
…
17
18
19
20
21
…
29
Spotify
Instagram
Bluesky
Designed with
WordPress
.
Subscribe
Subscribed
Daisy May Johnson
Join 344 other subscribers
Sign me up
Have a WordPress.com account?
Log in now.
Daisy May Johnson
View site in Reader
Manage subscriptions
Sign up
Log in
Report this content
Collapse this bar
