Aardvarks to Zebras The recurring use of animals in children's books “Over half of all children’s books feature anthropomorphised animals; that is, animals given human traits and characteristics.” I grew up on ‘The Wind in the Willows’,...
Books with Big Words Why 'serendipity' and 'ecstatic' belong in the pages of a children's book “It is impossible to be terrified of ‘mimsy borogroves’ – something ‘mimsy’ could never be terrifying…” Writers are always looking...
Seeing squares How social media is changing the way we look at books “Everything else was, you know, book-shaped. They were roughly twice as tall as they were wide and sat neatly in rows on the shelves…” Does anyone remember the Mr Men books?...
Heading into the Unknown Why your next book purchase needs to be from an unknown publisher “A lottery win may make a huge, tangible life change – but it isn’t etched on our hearts in the way a small act of kindness can be.” In 1919, Jack Cohen sold...
