Children's

Rex Zero And The End Of The World

Posted on June 10, 2008. Filed under: Children's, Fiction | Tags: , , , |

 
Tim Wynne-Jones’ book Rex Zero And The End Of The World (2006.  J   WYN) is meant for children about nine, ten, or so, but I think anyone born in the forties and fifties will love this story.  We of that generation can remember the nervousness of our governments, the chill of the Cold War, and [...]

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The Gruffalo

Posted on February 1, 2008. Filed under: Animals, Children's |

 
The Gruffalo – Written by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
This is the story of a clever mouse that outsmarts her natural predators (a fox, an owl, and a snake) by telling them that a fearful creature called a Gruffalo is meeting her for tea and his favourite food happens to be the relevant animal.  [...]

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Posted on May 14, 2007. Filed under: Children's, Fiction |

 
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Very intriguing read with characters that you want to triumph. Set in Paris in the 1930’s, follow the adventures of young Hugo who lives in the walls of the train station, maintaining the clocks with his unsavoury uncle. When his uncle disappears it is left up to Hugo to keep [...]

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