Not all books repay rereading; this one does. With only two weeks to go now until the publication on July 14th of ‘To Set a Watchman’, it seems timely to reflect on Harper Lee’s previously published and much lauded novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Harder Lee’s 1960 novel is considered a masterpiece of American literature […]
It would be easy to dismiss this book as largely fearmongering, given the attention-seeking title. However, it’s much better than that. What’s it about? A few years ago, Sue Palmer, literacy expert, stepped aside from her day-to-day professional activities and began to examine a range of cultural factors that were having a growing impact on […]
Although watching my son explore our local SureStart Centre can be fun, there is definitely a finite amount of time I can bear to spend watching him play with cars. Recently, that time having long since expired, I found myself browsing the centre’s bookshelves and spotted Sally Goddard Blythe’s ‘What Babies and Children Rally Need’. […]