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• The Phenomenon of Crossover Fiction

  

  Cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, aimed at adult readers. In the beginning they were furtive readers, hiding their primary coloured... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, PARENTING

• Re-reading the Classics: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

  

  1900 cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank  Baum’s first published work for children, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz contains, in its introduction, the... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, PARENTING

• Origins: Christmas is Coming

  

  Honk Christmas is coming, The goose is getting fat; Please put a penny In the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, A ha’penny will do; If you haven’t got ... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, PARENTING

• The Picture Books for Gender-Variant Children

  

  Content warning. Some brief transphobic language appears below (for illustrative purposes only). There are comparatively few picture  books on the market that... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, PARENTING