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Space on Earth – Teachers’ Notes
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An Interview with Paul van Loon and Axel Scheffler
To celebrate Halloween, we caught up with the author, Paul van Loon, and the illustrator, Axel Scheffler of The Horror Handbook, A bit about Paul van Loon and Axel Scheffler A highly successful children’s author from the Netherlands, Paul van Loon is best known in the English-speaking world for his Alfie the Werewolf series (published by Hodder in […]
An Interview with David Henry Wilson
David Henry Wilson is a children’s author and playwright, best known for his Jeremy James series and the Superdog series. His books have been translated into many languages including Spanish, German, and French. We talk to him about his recently released children’s fable The Castle of Inside Out. 1) What led you into writing? A vivid imagination, a love […]
An Interview with Tom McCarthy
Tom McCarthy is a writer and artist. He was born in 1969 and lives in London. Tom grew up in Greenwich, south London, and studied English at New College, Oxford. After spending a couple of years in Prague in the early 1990s, he worked in Amsterdam as literary editor of the local Time Out. His debut […]
An Interview with Tim Parks
Tim Parks is the author of fourteen novels, including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, Sex Is Forbidden and, most recently, Painting Death, all of which have been translated into many languages. As well as being a novelist and the author of several works of non-fiction, Tim is the acclaimed translator of books by Moravia, Calvino, Machiavelli and other Italian […]
The Secret Garden Quiz
Have you roamed around The Secret Garden with as much interest and excitement as Mary and Colin? Do you understand it as well as Dickon knows the animal world? Try this multiple choice quiz to find out. The Secret Garden After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in […]
The Railway Children Quiz
Do you think your knowledge is as exact as the 9.15 train? Or are you in need of some of Mother’s much loathed lessons? Try this multiple-choice quiz and find out! The Railway Children Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have their comfortable lives in London thrown into disarray by the unexpected disappearance of their father. They are forced to […]
Jungle Books Quiz
Do you reckon you’ve got the bare necessities? Are you as streetwise as Bagheera and Baloo? Or are you still running about in an orange loincloth? Find out below! The Jungle Books The adventures of Mowgli, the young man raised by wolves in the jungles of Central India, and his friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera […]
Lassie Quiz
Ah, so you’ve followed Lassie on her travels, have you? Do you think you’d be up for the challenge? Take our quiz to find out! Lassie Come-Home Everyone in the Yorkshire town of Greenall Bridge knows Lassie, the prize collie of miner Sam Carraclough and his son Joe. But when the family falls on hard times, Sam […]
