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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 Highland Twins at the Chalet School : Elinor M Brent-Dyer
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Artichoke Hearts : Sita Brahmachari
Road to London : Barbara Mitchelhill
The Twin’s at St Clare’s
Climbing a Monkey Puzzle Tree : Karen Wallace
The Girls’ Own Blog Carnival – Call For Submissions
Happy World Book Day
Girls’ Own Blog Carnival
Possibly the best ever #kidlit photobombing …
The Secret of Platform 13 : Eva Ibbotson
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil
Claude on Holiday : Alex T Smith
Eustacia and Eustace
Daniel and Esther : Patrick Raymond
The Chalet School and Genius
Baggage : The Etherington Brothers
Super Animal Adventure Squad : James Turner
The Boss : John Aggs & Patrice Aggs
A Monster Calls : Patrick Ness
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children : Ransom Riggs
A trio of picture book reviews
A most unusual place : Dartington Hall and its role in children’s literature
Rereading Flambards
The Eagle
Lights, camera, action : The role of the Book Trailer
Gingerbread Girl : Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover
Blanniversary (A Top Five of 2011)
You’re a Brick, Angela! : Cadogan and Craig
Fray : Joss Whedon
Meet the family (confessions of a book collector)
Kidnap in the Caribbean : Lauren St John
The animated Chalet School
On fan-fiction and fill-ins
Life : an exploded diagram : Mal Peet
Dead Man’s Cove : Lauren St John
On crying
Boom! : Mark Haddon
The Declaration : Gemma Malley
The news
My hero : KM Peyton
Marco and the Blade of Night : Thom Madley
Opal Moonbaby : Maudie Smith
The (slightly too literal) Search For WondLa
Gone : Michael Grant
Children’s Literature : why?
Almost True : Keren David
The Cursed Ones : Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
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