How to Exorcise Unquiet Spirits: Jan Ormerod was artist in residence at the Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre in Western Australia in 2007/2008, and shares her experience with Carousel readers
Mo Willems: Making it ‘Serious in Funny' - When he was a young
man, Mo Willems wrote a letter to Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Mr Schulz, he told the great cartoonist, I want your job when you die . . .
The Mouldiwarp and Me: Pat Jenkins, a former teacher and reviewer for Carousel, shares her childhood reading experiences.
Shakespeare and his world
By Enid Stephenson
Teachers as Readers
Building Communities of Readers |
Manga Carta: Manga comic strip stories, originating from Japan in the 1950s, are typically printed in black and white
and are read in paperback form from back to front. Hugely popular in their country of origin, this format
is now becoming popular with publishers in Britain, France and America.
Polly Dunbar: Painting & Puppets - Winner of the Younger Children’s section in the 2008 Red House Children’s Book Award. By Chris Stephenson
Museum of Childhood
A great destination for a family or school visit
By Pat Thomson
We Are ALL Born FREE
Judith Escreet, Art Director at Frances Lincoln, writes: "All people are born free and equal are the opening words of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations" . . . |
