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Tales from India: Stories of Creation and the Cosmos by Jamila Gavin, illustrated by Amanda Hall – review

By admin | Published: May 26, 2012

When we were growing up, my husband and I heard stories from the Indian myths and epics from our mothers and grandmothers, who in turn had heard them from their mothers and grandmothers. now we read retellings of these stories to our children as a way of helping them to connect with their heritage. Jamila [...]

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The GOBLINS are here!

By admin | Published: April 4, 2012

I always used to say I wouldn’t be interested in writing a traditional fantasy story, with magic and monsters, trolls and goblins.  however…Illustration: Dave Semple…is now available from All Good Booksellers*!  So how on earth did that happen?it all started about two years ago, when Sam went through a brief trolls’n’goblins phase himself, and I [...]

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Reading Week: Students treated to the magic of books

By admin | Published: November 15, 2011

Seraiah Menendez is a student at Taylor Park School who loves to read. Monday she, along with other students at the school, were treated to a program to promote reading. Menendez had a chance to play a part in this program — it was all magic. Rob Erdmann of Byron brought a treat to these [...]

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The Difficulties of Magic: The Enchanted Castle

By admin | Published: September 30, 2011

“It is an enchanted castle,” said Gerald in hollow tones. “But there aren’t any,” Jimmy was quite positive. “How do you know? do you think there’s nothing in the world but what you’ve seen?” his scorn was crushing. after the realism of The Railway Children, Edith Nesbit decided to return to the worlds of magic [...]

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