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Monday, 21 January 2019

The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods by Samuel J. Halpin

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‘Fairytales are always wrong. If you want to be truly brave, listen to your heart - then ignore it.’ (p 261) Fresh as a . . . I love my rea...
Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Books by Sonya Hartnett and the Greatest Children’s War Stories

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Going with the flow  Sometimes one thing follows on from another. And sometimes one reading interest follows on from another. In this insta...
Sunday, 6 January 2019

Earlier books by Ursula Dubosarsky

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Discovery  During this last year I was thrilled to discover two truly wonderful books by Australian author Ursula Dubosarsky. (See my post ...
Friday, 21 December 2018

The Lost Books: The Scroll of Kings by Sarah Prineas

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The Magic Thief Were I to list my top ten children's magic fantasy sequences from the 'post-Potter' era, then Sarah Prineas...
Thursday, 13 December 2018

The books I am giving my (second) granddaughter for Christmas

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A brief seasonal diversion from my usual reviews.  Last year we experienced the tremendous joy of our first grandchild and, believing passio...
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

My Books of the Year 2018

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Long list I read hundreds of children's books each year but only write about a handful of them, those that have really excited me and t...
Sunday, 25 November 2018

The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay

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'Away from the front, where the supply lines ran. . . you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldiers remarked how strange it was t...