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Real Enid Blyton Cohen
February 7, 2019

The Real Enid Blyton by Nadia Cohen

Reviewed by Elaine Simpson-Long When I was a little girl I used to receive the latest Famous Five book by Enid Blyton every Christmas….

Bookworm lucy mangan
March 15, 2018

Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan

Review by Liz Dexter This is a truly delightful book which is a MUST if you’re a 35-55 year old British person and a…

A History of Children’s Books in 100 Books
December 5, 2017

A History of Children’s Books in 100 Books by Roderick Cave and Sarah Ayad

Reviewed by Harriet Earlier this year I reviewed Martin Edwards’ Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, and very good it was too. So…

August 8, 2016

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlöf

Translated by Paul Norlén Reviewed by Annabel We don’t feature many children’s books here at Shiny, but occasionally new editions of much-loved childhood favourites…

October 15, 2015

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Stories, by Joan Aiken

Reviewed by Lory Widmer Hess For over sixty years – starting about age sixteen and continuing right up until her death in 2004 –…

July 21, 2015

Seacrow Island, and Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren

Reviewed by Lory Widmer Hess If you’ve been lucky enough to spend summers as a child in a special place, you know that they…

April 10, 2015

The Youngest Lady in Waiting by Mara Kay

Reviewed by Elaine Simpson-Long In Mara Kay’s first book, Masha, we followed the adventures of Masha Fredericks as she travelled to St Petersburg from her…

Five Children on the Western Front
April 3, 2015

Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders

Reviewed by Harriet I hope some children today still read E. Nesbit as avidly as I did, and my own children did. I loved…

October 31, 2014

The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Reviewed by Elaine Simpson-Long The Lost Prince is not one of Burnett’s  well known titles. The Little Princess and The Secret Garden are those that spring to mind when…

October 30, 2014

The Hawk & Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch

Reviewed  by Jodie Robson Over the last few weeks I’ve been rediscovering an almost forgotten aspect of childhood in  the company of two very…

October 29, 2014

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley

Reviewed by Harriet Devine I think I must have been about seven or eight when I was given this book for Christmas. I doubt…

July 15, 2014

Mistress Masham’s Repose by T. H. White

Reviewed by Jodie Robson “It was a glorious day in June – for that matter it was the Glorious First of June – and…

April 23, 2014

The Runaways by Elizabeth Goudge

Reviewed by Rachel Fenn Hesperus Press, known for their very attractive reprints of minor works by major authors, has recently launched a new arm…

April 18, 2014

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Reviewed by Jodie One of the children’s classics I didn’t read when I was a child was Pollyanna. It had been described to me as a story…

April 17, 2014

Why you should read The Runaways, by Adrienne Byrne

Winner of the Hesperus ‘Uncover a Children’s Classic Competition’, 2013 I was about ten when I discovered this book in my local library. It…

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