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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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Children’s Literature : why?
Almost True : Keren David
The Cursed Ones : Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
X23 #1 just blew my mind
The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels : Danny Fingeroth
Behemoth : Scott Westerfeld
Amanda Waller : before & after
Emergent literacy, graphic novels and picture books (oh my!)
Maureen Johnson : The Name of The Star
Rediscovering writing
Series’ly appealing
The boy in the striped pyjamas : film review
Raising Demons : Rachel Hawkins
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Kindle power
Fury : Elizabeth Miles
Neversuch House : Elliot Skell
Post MA thoughts
The Lord of The Rings : Or, how to review a book when it’s all been said already
If you love them, let them go
Robin Jarvis or Why The Old Ones Are Still The Best
The Airport Bookshop
Gone fishing…
The Traitor’s Gate : Sarah Silverwood
Ten books on Iran
The Double-Edged Sword : Sarah Silverwood
The Red Pyramid : Rick Riordan
Dear Fred : KM Peyton
Ruby, ruby, ruby, ruby (aaahaaahaahaahahhh)
Birthmarked : Caragh O’Brien
Hunting Lila : Sarah Alderson
Unhooking the moon : Gregory Hughes
Coincidence, contrivance and cheesey scenarios
Dewey, the true story of a world-famous library cat : Vicki Myron
Charlotte Sometimes : Penelope Farmer
“You must never run from anything immortal”
Antonia Forest : Livejournal
The Knife of Never Letting Go : In praise of the sneaky books
Val McDermid’s doing a Chalet School documentary!
Light : Alan Davidson
Chalet School amazingness of the day
Beswitched : Kate Saunders
Running Wild – Michael Morpurgo
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