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26 février 2007

The Rights of the Reader

(Comme un roman - Folio Gallimard) author: Daniel Pennac French bookworms will know Pennac - he is an institution in France, and yet his books have not been readily available in the UK. Thanks to translator Sarah Adams, this is at last being rectified...

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26 février 2007

Red House Children's Book Award

For the last couple of years, Oisín has been reading the books shortlisted for the younger children section of the Red House Children's Book Awards (with the help of his daddy). This award, owned and administered by the Federation of Children's Book Groups,...

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26 février 2007

An ideal library for little mice?

Ok, so you might think who am I to tell you what you should have on your child's bookshelf? Well I am not, not really anyway! I am no expert - all I have is a passion for children's books, a huge collection of books and review periodicals on the subject,...

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26 février 2007

With Love

Wendy Cooling (editor) Orchard Books I could not have started this new feature without having this as my first choice. This, in my opinion, is the perfect birth/christening/first birthday present, and many a child has received it as a present from me!...

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25 février 2007

Why we love Charlie and Lola ...

... and by we I don’t just mean Oisín and Rosalie, but me as well. I know, at 32, it is quite sad. But a long tim e ago, in 2000, I went to an author talk in London and met Lauren Child who was starting to be quite famous then with Clarice Bean, That's...

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18 février 2007

La Comtesse de Ségur (et la Bibliothèque Rose)

Il y a des trucs comme ça, qui sont tellement français, qu’on ne peut pas les expliquer aux Anglais. Le Petit Nicolas en fait partie ( bien que maintenant publié en Angleterre chez Phaïdon ) , la Comtesse de Ségur aussi. Alors pourquoi écrire en anglais...

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15 février 2007

Théo fait un gâteau

(Theo and the Special Visit - Macmillan Children's Books) author/illustrator: Ingrid Godon Did I mention that I love Ingrid Godon's illustrations? This was one of Rosalie's Christmas presents and she loves it. The text is simple enough for her to follow...

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15 février 2007

Book ideas for Mother’s Day (and Father’s Day as well)

I love Ingrid Godon and I love Carl Norac too, so it is fantastic to see them collaborate on a book! A couple of years ago we bought Oisín My Daddy is a Giant (Mon papa est un géant - Bayard Jeunesse), which is a fantastic father/son book. Last year,...

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14 février 2007

Scaredy Squirrel

( Frisson l'écureuil - Bayard Jeunesse) author/illustrator: Melanie Watt This is the nutty adventure of a squirrel who never leaves his tree because he is too scared of killing bees, sharks and aliens amongst other things! We have the French version of...

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