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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
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An interview with Sarah Todd Taylor and Jo Clarke
The Guardians of the House by Lucy M. Boston
Managing Expectations by Minnie Driver
A Small Person Far Away by Judith Kerr
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Cherry Tree Perch by Josephine Elder
The Family From One End Street by Eve Garnett
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The Sea Egg by Lucy M. Boston
A few updates
Carbonel by Barbara Sleigh
Happy Birthday How To Be True
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The Chalet School and the Lintons
The Chalet School and Rosalie and The Mystery at the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
The New House at the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Girls’ Crystal Annual 1952
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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla
The Years of Grace edited by Noel Streatfeild
How To Be True is available for pre-order
Looking at The Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis
Max Counts To A Million by Jeremy Williams
The Girl Who Lost A Leopard by Nizrana Farook
The Alchymist’s Cat by Robin Jarvis
Tom Tackles The Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
A French Alphabet
Book Aid for Ukraine
Changes for the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Sabotage on the Solar Express by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman
Judith Kerr (the illustrators)
Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh
Introducing How To Be True
The Adventures of Alice Laselles by Alexandrina Victoria aged 10 3/4
The Last Weapon by Theodora Wilson Wilson
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
Susan Kendall, Student Nurse by Patricia Baldwin
The answers to the Second Quite Niche Children’s Literature Quiz
The Second Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz
The Chestnut Filly by Primrose Cumming
Michelle Obama by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Mia Saine
The Rivals of the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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