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• Gates of Paradise by Beryl Kingston
  ...essly in this historical novel which follows the story of the poet William Blake, and also the love affair of Johnnie and Betsy. ...the man himself. However, Beryl Kingston has constructed a very believable Blake, in a historical context which fits well with biographical details that I h
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• The Fabulous Foskett Family Circus by Quentin Blake and John Yeoman
  |author=Quentin Blake and John Yeoman ...Foskett Family. See their circus performance captured in typical Quentin Blake style, but for what the book gains in imagery, it loses in imaginative word
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• The Five of Us by Quentin Blake
  |author=Quentin Blake |summary=A lovely story, written AND illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake, about teamwork, friendship and making the most of what you can do rather t
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• Kissing Alice by Jacqueline Yallop
  ...lymouth as the First World War begins, along with a stolen copy of William Blake's ''Songs of Innocence and Experience'', a book full of powerful imagery. ...urning sporadically as the decades pass and family members die. But, like Blake's book, Alice touches each member of her family in a unique way, leaving a
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• A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
  ...and Experience'', Stevenson's poetry has a certain deceptive quality. Like Blake's writing, it looks very simple on the surface. The style employed hides th
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• The Devil's Feast by M J Carter
  ...ipping, well-written crime novel set in early-Victorian London, which sees Blake and Avery interacting with real historical figures. Although it's the third ...king him – where on earth is his professional investigator friend Jeremiah Blake?
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• Words and Pictures: Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition by Jenny Uglow
  ...works by Milton and Bunyan, on William Hogarth and Thomas Fielding, and on William Wordsworth and engraver Thomas Bewick. ...omplement the written works. The book looks at how artists such as William Blake have worked with these traditions, and the use of different methods such as
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• The Countenance Divine by Michael Hughes
  In 1777, an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision retur ...forgotten but then were a subject of mass panic. I'm a huge fan of William Blake, and love Paradise Lost - so I was excited to turn the page and see where t
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• The Infidel Stain by M J Carter
  ...nia. When a series of murders occur, all connected to the press, Avery and Blake find themselves back in action. But with connections between the murdered a ...he Strangler Vine'', the bookwhich begins this series, it is easy to enjoy Blake and Avery’s complicated and intriguing relationship, and the two are like
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• My Name Is Mina by David Almond
  We first Mina in [[Skellig by David Almond|Skellig]]. A homeschooled, William Blake-loving, slightly precious child, she arrived in Michael's life with not a l
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• Bedlam: London and Its Mad by Catharine Arnold
  The illustration on the front jacket, a detail from one of William Hogarth's 18th-century series The Rake's Progress, says much about prevaili ...to sleep and leaving a light burning to frighten his demons away. William Blake was considered unhinged almost from birth, and regularly punished by his mo
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• The Girl Savage by Katherine Rundell
  ...ed from her roots and sent to an English boarding school, run by Nice Miss Blake and her assistant Nasty Mrs Robinson. How will she cope?
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• Off the Rails by Beryl Kingston
  ...se by Beryl Kingston|Gates of Paradise]] when the life of the poet William Blake was the vehicle for a love story between two (fictional) servants.
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• In My Sky at Twilight by Gaby Morgan (editor)
  ...Beauty as well as poetry by John Keats, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Blake. It also includes a nice range of more modern poets such as Carol Ann Duffy
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• The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems by Children's Trust
  ...] [[Category:Matt Simpson]] [[Category:Angela Topping]] [[Category:Quentin Blake]]
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• Brothers at Arms by Jemima Brigges
  ...uld try [[Gates of Paradise by Beryl Kingston]], the story of poet William Blake with well-researched details that bring history to life.
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• Exposure by Mal Peet
  ...t takes Shakespeare, [[:Category:David Almond|David Almond]] takes William Blake, [[:Category:Melvin Burgess|Melvin Burgess]] renews the Volsung Saga. In la
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• Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2011
  ...epared. He has a secret hideout (the clue was in the title), he has Billy William the Third with him - his accomplice who's stupid and evil enough to laugh a ...first Mina in [[Skellig by David Almond|Skellig]]. A homeschooled, William Blake-loving, slightly precious child, she arrived in Michael's life with not a l
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• Skellig by David Almond
  ...autiful 15th anniversary edition, clothbound and including essays, William Blake poems and a short story. It's an heirloom edition. Really. Reading back thi ...she's educated by her mother under the guidance of the writings of William Blake. It's interesting to see that a strictly formal education is questioned in
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• July 2011 Newsletter
  ...ichard Byrne]]. Richard loves that great double act Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, so he's alright by us.
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