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Children’s books brought to life on West End stage

By admin | Published: July 28, 2012

Home » Features The best children’s books are full of colourful imagery perfectly suited to a vivid imagination, so naturally it’s easy to adapt them for movies; it’s a little harder to stage them successfully, but when a children’s musical works on stage, it works. Songs add an extra dimension that your kids won’t forget [...]

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Youth-troupe lineup has familiar tales

By admin | Published: April 3, 2012

Columbus Children’s Theatre will offer musicals, comedies and fairy tales during its 49thseason. Willy Wonka, a 90-minute musical of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was adapted by composers and lyricists Leslie Bricusse(Scrooge, Victor/Victoria) and Anthony Newley (Stop the World, I want To get Off). The other musicals will include The Stinky Cheese Man [...]

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Books To Read Aloud

By admin | Published: December 2, 2011

Michelle and Andy are reading aloud to their four-year-old son. They’ve read Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books, and Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach I promised them a nice big list of good read-aloud chapter books: The BFG by Roald Dahl. Hooray for snozzcumbers! The Wind in The Willows- Kenneth Grahame. The key here is [...]

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Great British Authors of Children’s Books

By admin | Published: October 2, 2011

There are not many authors who can write compelling stories that both adults and children can both love. John Boyne, who wrote ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’ is one such author. he says himself that it’s not a matter of writing books for children that adults will like; it is all about good story telling. [...]

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Does Harry Potter magic away the stresses of modern life? Adults seek refuge from reality in children’s fantasy

By admin | Published: September 27, 2011

by Anna Edwards Last updated at 10:35 AM on 23rd September 2011 Some children’s books are such classics that adults cannot help but re-read them over and over again. But one academic says it is the desire to escape the pressures of daily life that makes them turn to children’s books, rather than the novels [...]

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