Having skipped with you through some of the delights of picture book series last time, it’s now the point to change pace. Taking a series into chapter book land is a different kind of endeavour. There may be pictures still, but the pictures alone will not add the same unifying elements to the stories. You …
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Lit Kid: serious about series
Apologies for those hoping for some writing last week. I was away. I’m back. So you get double posts for your money this week. — Last time, I wrote about what a good book series can give you – and why so many kids love a good follow-up story. And another. And another. It seems …
Friday phrases: whiffling through the tulgey wood
Back to some silliness. This time, it’s Lewis Carroll’s turn. There is plenty of silliness in Carroll – much to choose from. But what I want to include today is The Jabberwocky, his strange and wonderful poem that has even merited its own Monty Python tribute. It is one thing to learn a poem. But …
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Lit Kid: off on another adventure
You can’t beat a good series. It may be on TV, on radio even. (People on the production team for The Archers clearly knows something, even if it’s not my personal tipple.) So it is with books. And not just with books for adults – kids need their series too. All that youth, all that …
Lit Kid: the power of the annual
The school holidays have arrived. Dan and Junior Reader are off to see an exhibition before it finishes. The house has wrapped itself in that special weekend quiet that ensues when only one of you is home. So it seems fair enough to tackle a mammoth topic of my own here, and write about annuals. …