TTT: Top Ten Books That Would Be On My Syllabus
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the wonderful, list making gurus, The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they publish a new Top Ten list and invite their fellow book bloggers, bloggers and bookworms to join in.…
The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd (illustrator) “If you run away, I will run after you. For you are my little bunny” With warmth, love and understanding, a mother bunny tells her baby bunny how she will find him should…
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy
Lynley Dodd Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk in town, followed by a few friends. All is uneventful until they meet Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town, and run for home. I can remember this Hairy Maclary book…
Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild Pauline, Petrova and Posy are found as orphaned babies in different parts of the world by eccentric fossil collector and explorer Gum. He adopts them, takes them to his London home and leaves them in the care of…
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell Set in the watchful society of Hollingford, this is a warm tale of love and longing. Molly Gibson is the spirited, loyal daughter of the local doctor. Their peaceful close-knit home is turned upside down when Molly’s father…
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce When Tom is sent to his aunt’s house for the summer he resigns himself to weeks of boredom. Lying awake one night he listens to the grandfather clock in the hall strike every hour. Eleven…Twelve…Thirteen. Thirteen! Tom rushes…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle A Much-loved classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of readers with its vivid and colourful collage illustrations and its deceptively simple, hopeful story. With its die-cut pages and finger-sized holes to explore, this is a…
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