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Chester Racoon Series by Audrey Penn Part 1!
This is a beautiful set of children’s books that have been written by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Barber Gibson, Ruth Harper and Nancy Leak that I received from NetGalley to review. Each book is 32 pages long and full of colour. There is a special message in each story about love, friendship and security. I [...]
Share on FacebookA Few Favourite Things…
I saw these questions over at The Diary of a Domestic Goddess, and thought I would answer them too! 1. Who is your all-time favourite author, and why? My favourite all time author is Roald Dahl. I love his books. They gave me hours of entertainment when I was small, and now keep me entertained [...]
Share on FacebookAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
This is the monthly read for July at the Book Club Forum, so the review will be slightly different. Synopsis: Conceived by a shy British don on a golden afternoon to entertain ten-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have delighted generations of readers in more than eighty [...]
Share on FacebookBook News: Gaiman wins children’s book prize
Well done Neil Gaiman! He has made history by being the first author to win both the UK and the US awards for children’s books. A while back Gaiman discovered he had won the Newbery Medal for his book The Graveyard Book but yesterday he won the Cilip Carnegie Award also. He told BBC Breakfast [...]
Share on FacebookThe Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Synopsis: When Sara Crewe, the seven-year-old daughter of a rich and loving father, arrives at her new school in London from India, she is nicknamed the Little Princess by her classmates. She has all the comfort and fine things she could want, but she also reveals a kind and loving heart, a lively mind and [...]
Share on FacebookBook News: Children’s Awards
I have decided to add a new feature: book news! I read a lot of blogs and would like to post some news here for you There have been a lot of children’s awards occurring recently and here are one’s results. Children’s Book Council Awards: Author of the Year: James Patterson for Max (A Maximum [...]
Share on FacebookGeorge’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Waterstones Synopsis: George’s grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered-up mouth like a dog’s bottom. Four times a day she takes a large spoonful of thick brown medicine, but it doesn’t seem to do her any good. She’s always just as horrid after she’s taken it [...]
Share on FacebookThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Waterstones Synopsis: When a huge cyclone transports Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, she fears that she will never return home again. She and three friends she meets along the way make their way to the Emerald City where they hope to find the Wizard of Oz and [...]
Share on FacebookThe Complete Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Synopsis from Waterstones Complete WTP brings together two of A. A. Milne’s best-loved stories: Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. It is illustrated throughout with the original black and white line drawings by Ernest H. Shepard. This book was an absolute delight to read. Every Winne-the-Pooh story was there and every one I enjoyed. [...]
Share on FacebookThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Waterstones Synopsis: Mary Lennox was horrid, selfish and spoilt, and was sent to stay with her uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change overcomes her. With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in themselves and those around them. I [...]
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