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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
Modelland : Tyra Banks
Boy In The Tower : Polly Ho-Yen
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The Complications Of Being Merely Whelmed
A Genius At The Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
The Dictionary of Made-Up Words
Follow Me Down : Tanya Byrne
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The Island : Armin Greder
Midwinterblood : Marcus Sedgwick
Children’s Literature Studies : (eds) M. O. Grenby & Kimberley Reynolds
The use of Framing and Composition in Ellen and Penguin : Clara Vulliamy
Ella’s Big Chance : Shirley Hughes
Two Sams at the Chalet School
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Kite Spirit : Sita Brahmachari
Confessions of a book nerd – those moments when you know you’ve got issues…
The Chalet Girls in Camp : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Textual transformations in children’s literature : adaptations, translations, reconsiderations – (ed) Benjamin Lefebvre
The Weight of Water : Sarah Crossan
Monument 14 : Emmy Laybourne
Children’s Literature and Bereavement
Jo to the Rescue : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Forever : Judy Blume
Four Children and It : Jacqueline Wilson
The day before World Book Night
Maggot Moon : Sally Gardner
I want my hat back : Jon Klassen
Wonder : RJ Palacio
I Kill Giants : Joe Kelly & JM Ken Niimura
Lavender Leigh at the Chalet School
The Mania
Operation Bunny : Sally Gardner
Rosanna Joins the Wells : Lorna Hill
The Crew : Bali Rai
The New Mistress at the Chalet School : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Ballet for Laura : Linda Blake
Troy : Adele Geras
My Pets – Pop Up Pictures
Our Moomin Cake
The one where I reach new levels of nerd-dom
Discovering your story
The boy in the dress : David Walliams
The New Normal : The Normalising of Creativity
The Chalet School in Exile : Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
The fatness of words
The reflective post
The Savage : David Almond / Dave McKean
Martha and the Bunny Brothers : Clara Vulliamy
Noughts & Crosses : Malorie Blackman
Alfie gets in first : Shirley Hughes
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