The Inimitable Miss Kleber

A Counting Primer, we are introduced to Pride and Prejudice. As always, words are highlighted by quotations from the original text. You...

The cover (I mean book) caught my eye the other day at work, and I have to admit, I had a hard time putting it down. I adore this time...

As before I was listening to my beloved BBC when on comes Tintin in Tibet. Tintin is convinced that his friend Chang was not only in a...

Father Christmas I’m sure almost everyone is familiar with The Snowman but for me it has always been Briggs’ Father Christmas. According...

Rupert and Mum’s Adventure Rupert  – Season Four (1995) Rupert and Mum are on their way to Nutchester to do some shopping when they...

A lovely story about a boy and the penguin which turns up on his doorstep. Heart warming with a twist. Full colour illustrations are...

Each Peach Pear Plum was (and still is) one of my favourite picture books. Written in rhyming couplets the book is a lovely rhyming tale...

Happy Roald Dahl Day! In honour of this day, I am doing a review of the Roald Dahl website (50 ways to celebrate here!). I really enjoy...

I frequently listen to BBC Radio 4+ (formerly BBC Radio 7) which hosts radio plays and dramatized books. Matilda is a fantastic example...

Awhile ago I was talking to a friend about a magazine that never prints negative reviews, she responded by telling me that she couldn’t...

A continuation of season 8, a rogue Slayer gets caught up using her power for evil. Giles seeks out Faith to eliminate the threat in...

The second book in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, this book begins seconds after The Alchemyst ends. Nicolas,...

Unlike most of the other Doctor Who episodes this episode does not center around the Doctor and his companion. In fact, though the Doctor...

One night a two-year-old child wanders from his house and into the night. His wandering and curiosity saved him from the man who had come...

Twins Sophie and Josh Newman are pulled into the violent and explosive life of immortals Nicholas and Pernelle Flamel. Caught in a deadly...

Rule # 1: In zombie movies the ordinary person will become an extraordinary hero upon encountering the zombies. Rule #2: One of the...

A-levels are over, summer is here, and a crumbling manor in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere is not where Meredith was...

What is more endearing than an adorably scruffy bear covered in jam, custard cream, and marmalade, wearing a blue wool toggle-button...