I wrote a little while back about the impact of good endings on us as readers. A good ending can sum up a character’s journey within a story – as well as point us to where they are going next. Certain endings stand out in my memory. They may offer encouragement, or solace, or simply …
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Last time, I told you about my basket of books, and why I keep them handy. Time to dip in, and let you try out a few. Today’s collection are all about being brave in some way. All have been road tested a good deal by Junior Reader, and I feel pretty happy in recommending …
I have a certain basket of books in the sitting room. Picture books. They sit there, and occasionally they are picked up by Junior Reader, and perused for a while, usually in those five-minute moments when tea is not quite on the table. I’ll confess. They are, in one sense, moralising books – or maybe …
Every now and then, I feel the need for some bracing cynicism – or at least, the reminder that there are gloomier ways to view the world, whatever I am making of my own situation at the time. I’m not advocating gloominess – far from it – though it can strike us easily enough at …
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Ever get to those things you’ve been putting off for ages? Or (equally possible) trying to get to, but seemingly always sent off course by washing baskets and meals to cook, and the like? So we’ve (finally, finally) crossed off a few big must do items in the last little while. Putting up pictures. Securing …