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Half fairy, half vampire, and never quite sure which half she is. That’s Isadora Moon, and newly-independent readers adore her. So if you’re hunting for books like Isadora Moon, it helps to know what makes hers work. Short chapters. A picture on nearly every page. A girl who’s a bit different, working out where she […]
If you’ve ever sat at 10pm Googling the best book apps for kids in the UK and ended up with 14 tabs open, this one’s for you. There’s a lot out there. Too much, honestly. And when there are too many options, decision fatigue kicks in fast. You worry you’ll pick the wrong one. Burn […]
The fondest memories most of us have of reading aren’t of reading. They’re of being read to. For me, it’s the bunk bed. When I was six or seven I got a bunk bed and, even though I could read to myself by then, I still insisted on a bedtime story. So every night my […]
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