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• The Orchard Book of Swords, Sorcerers and Superheroes by Tony Bradman and Tony Ross
  ...yet they're the goodies by the time Robin Hood comes around. The point isn't hammered home, but the seeds are there for the kids to spot or for you to d ...You might also enjoy [[Here Come the Superheroes by Neal Zetter and Chris White]].
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• The Borrowers: The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton
  ...r re-issued classic with small people is [[Mistress Masham's Repose by T H White]]. A more recent book involving mysterious small people living in a country
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• Top Ten Classics of Children's Literature
  |author=T H White ...ten for children. Don't miss it and don't let them miss it either. And don't forget to check the back of your wardrobe.
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• The Waking World (The Future King) by Tom Huddleston
  ...man nobody trusts but who seems to know things about Aran even Aran doesn't know... Everyone should read [[The Sword in the Stone by T H White]] - one of the best Arthurian stories out there. You might also enjoy [[Pen
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• Lilliput by Sam Gayton
  Don't be fooled into thinking this book is just a rehash of ''Gulliver's Travels' ...ickly for Lilliputians: Lily is growing older by the day, and if she doesn't get home soon her beloved grandmother will have died of old age.
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• Young Knights: Pendragon by Julia Golding
  ...om captivity so he can lead them in battle against the Fey. But Arthur isn't quite himself these days . . . ...s the story move along at a cracking pace. It's fun and it's exciting: don't miss it!
  4 KB (633 words) - 10:05, 12 March 2018
• Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall
  ...n took the bear (who was really quite large now) to London Zoo - it wouldn't have been safe to take her to the battlefields - and it was in the zoo that ...ck and into a nap and out the next day, until it stopped at a place called White River.''
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• Learnt by Edward M Baldwin
  ...he enters the classroom and finds practically everyone – black, Hispanic, white – talking in an awful, slangy, hip-hoppish (hip-hopping?) argot – one t Tony is an interesting person out of the classroom as well. Engaged to a white girl he met at teacher college, he sees race problems everywhere – correc
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• Queen Guinevere and Other Stories from the Court of King Arthur by Mary Hoffman and Christina Balit
  ...ve some strong and feisty women to read about, even if a lot of them weren't very nice! The stories are well told, and full of magic and adventure and ...take a look at the classic Arthurian story [[The Sword in the Stone by T H White]].
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• A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
  ...edible house. And we all know what happens if you eat people's homes, don't we? Well, maybe. .... It's your own fault, it seems to say: you chose to read this bit, so don't complain if it makes you sick or stops you sleeping. Of course, the violenc
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• Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
  ...irl who survives abduction by a serial killer. For those who, like me, can't resist suspense (and it seems that many people do fall into this category, ...justice, try [[A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah]]. [[Sandrine by Thomas H Cook]] offers a courtroom drama involving a death penalty case.
  4 KB (665 words) - 09:36, 12 August 2020
• Costa Book Awards 2014
  |title=H is for Hawk ...memoir of grief after her father's unexpected death, a biography of T. H. White, and an account of falconry experiments with Mabel the goshawk. Macdonald q
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• Permanent Record by Mary H K Choi
  |author=Mary H K Choi ...over the world, it's an interesting clash as they come together. This isn't just a love story though, and actually it's really just Pab's story, about
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• Robin Hood by John Matthews
  ...and for younger readers as well as adults, [[The Sword in the Stone by T H White]], and [[Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo]].
  4 KB (759 words) - 09:58, 13 April 2018
• Pendragon Legacy: Sword of Light by Katherine Roberts
  Everybody ought to read [[The Sword in the Stone by T H White]], the classic King Arthur story, and [[Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve]]
  4 KB (748 words) - 11:24, 29 August 2020
• Equator by Antonin Varenne and Sam Taylor (translator)
  ...see how bad it was here is Pete Ferguson, who bristles at the indignity of white man against Native 'Indian', who spends days being physically sick while in ...t has come before, and is almost too soapy a transition into what it doesn't really match with, namely the middle part here, which is the one most firml
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alison Murray
  ...ace is based on my daughter when she was little and although Georgie doesn't really look like any of the dogs I've had, he is definitely inspired by all ...with the parents and in doing so give them an insight that most people don't have. As a result I think the parents now feel more empowered to read and a
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• Top Ten Retellings of Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales
  |author=T H White
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• A State of Fear: Britain After a Dirty Bomb by Joseph Clyde
  ...n the cramped quarters, racial tensions and past gang rivalries boil over. White supremacists groups react as well, viewing all Moslems as the enemy. The at ...itself. I am aware such information is readily available online, but I don't feel that it needs to be repeated. I also liked the fact that while I found
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• Arthur and the Kings of Britain: The Historical Truth Behind the Myths by Miles Russell
  ...(Classic Guides) by Dr Keith Souter]] and [[The Sword in the Stone by T H White]], while, departing from British shores, [[The Ruin of the Roman Empire by
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