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Category Archive for 'Children's Fiction'

Some of January’s books – two quick reviews:
Be Near Me by Andrew O’Hagan is a beautifully written and moving book about David, a parish priest in a small Scottish parish and as I read it I gradually became aware of just how naive he is. The prologue foreshadows the problems he encounters when his mother [...]

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Some thoughts on today’s reading.
But first of all a short video (the first one I’ve put on YouTube):
Thunder and lightning – very, very frightening!
We had the most tremendous thunder storm last night and our lane was like a river in full flow. We’ve never had such a storm before with the whole lane covered by [...]

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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about early reading…
Do you remember how you developed a love for reading? Was it from a particular person, or person(s)? Do you remember any books that you read, or were read to  you, as a young child? (question courtesy of Diane)
My love of reading comes from my parents. My father always read me [...]

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1911, my copy is a Penguin paperback published in 1958, 254 pages.
For the Heart of a Child ChallengeI read The Secret Garden several times as a child and the story has stayed with me ever since. For years my picture of the ideal garden has [...]

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The trilogy is made up of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Taken together the books form a grand epic, encompassing parallel universes and their inhabitants. It’s a fabulous story, featuring armoured bears who talk, witches, spectres, angels, and tiny hand sized creatures who fly on the backs of dragonflies.

I think of [...]

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