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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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The New Abbey Girls
To Kill A Mockingbird by Haper Lee, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham
El Deafo by Cece Bell
No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton
A Girl’s Stronghold by E.F. Pollard
“Us” An Old-Fashioned Story by Mrs Molesworth
A trio of board book reviews
I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman
So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A Kid’s Life in Ancient Greece by Chae Strathie, illus. Marisa Morea
Revisiting The Bunker Diary; or, the state of Children’s and Young Adult literature today
Charlie Changes Into A Chicken by Sam Copeland
You’re Not A Proper Pirate, Sidney Green! by Ruth Quayle and Deborah Allwright
2019 Nature Month-By-Month: A Children’s Almanac
The Skylarks War by Hilary McKay
Harriet Takes The Field by Catherine Christian
A Stranger At Green Knowe by L. M. Boston
Merry Christmas!
A look at Young England (1914-1915)
Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright
Aleph by Janik Coat
Until We Win by Linda Newbery
Death In The Spotlight by Robin Stevens
A Dangerous Mission by Bessie Marchant
Circe by Madeline Miller
Girl Squads by Sam Maggs
Glass Town Wars by Celia Rees
No Medals For Guy by Lorna Hill
“Rosa” – Doctor Who, and Malorie Blackman
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories by Joyce Lankester Brisley
The Ink House by Rory Dobner
Dancing Peel by Lorna Hill
Mary And Frankenstein by Linda Bailey and Júlia Sardà
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich, with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Tales Out Of School by Geoffrey Trease
How to pitch your book for review to a book blogger
We Rode To The Sea by Christine Pullein-Thompson
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
A Hidden Treasure : ‘The Child’s Guide To Knowledge’ (1861)
Sweet Valley Confidential – Ten Years Later : Francine Pascal
What Does An Anteater Eat? : Ross Collins
Miss Wilmer’s Gang : Bessie Marchant
Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different – Ben Brooks
Pony on the Twelfth Floor : Polly Faber, illus. Sarah Jennings
Black Beauty : Anna Sewell
Clean : Juno Dawson
The NCRCL Open Day 2018
Wave : Suzy Lee
Home Home : Lisa Allen-Agostini
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