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Rachna Gilmore ill,. Pulak Biswas |
Tradewind |
9781896580579 |
June 2011 |
32 pp |
Whole book read |
Read On? n/a |
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Movingly told, simply but effectively illustrated by one of India’s best-known illustrators, this is a lovely short story by Governor General Award-winning author, Rachna Gilmore. |
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Again!
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Emily Gravett |
Macmillan |
9780230745360 |
October 2011 |
24 pp |
Whole book read |
Read On? n/a |
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Emily Gravett is already a two-times winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her new picture book is another class act. The book-within-a-book tells the tale – in splendidly executed, easy to read aloud rhyme – of Cedric the Dragon, whose end of day refrain is “Tomorrow I’ll do it all over again.” The young dragon who is being read to by parent dragon also shouts “Again” on every alternate double spread. But in his case it is the storybook he wants to hear again. |
Wish Me Dead
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Helen Grant |
Penguin |
9780141337708 |
June 2011 |
441 pp |
Whole book read |
Yes |
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Let me begin with a reminder of how much I admired Helen Grant’s first two novels, each of which received ACHUKA’s top rating of five gold chicks. |