Last time, I set about thinking about anti-heroes in children’s literature. Turns out, they’re not always so easy to find. Often, the baddie turns good by the end, even if there have been some shabby deeds along the way. And my point from last time is: it’s all about the ending. The ending shows us …
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Free the information
I promised a post about information – how we store it, what we do with it. (I am married to Mr Web Company. I appreciate the irony.) Quick answer: why keep information? It’s All Out There Anyway. (The end.) Is it really as simple as that? Yes, with more and more information online, one way …
Lit Kid: the anti-hero in children’s books
Junior Reader and friends have some interesting discussions in the morning before school. Some of these I hear at the time; some are relayed to me later. And some of them touch on Lit Kid topics. “Do superheroes get married?” Easy answer: Yes – see The Incredibles. (In this household, it is always right to …
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Sloughing my skin
It’s not a new beauty treatment, or any kind of ‘ought to’ activity for January. It’s that thing a snake does, when it sheds its skin, and leaves the old one behind. Call it age increments. Call it January. Call it taking a stance against clutter. Call it spring cleaning, even. Whichever of these it …
Lit Kid: first choose your title
More book sorting. Prospect of spring fair at school, running the book stall again (aka I spoke up first so I got my stall of choice): I should at least provide a few books. It’s not just a book stall: it’s also DVDs, the odd Nintendo game, and so on. But books is the main …