Children's column - Beedle the BardFriday, 5th December 2008
I am disappointed about The Tales of Beedle the Bard . Not about the book, which is clever and entertaining, but about the sales price. I wish the book trade would -...
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Children's column - out of print, not out of mindFriday, 28th November 2008
Rumours (if exaggerated) that Houghton Mifflin was no longer commissioning struck fear into the hearts of authors, illustrators and agents everywhere. And yet though I...
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Children's column - a plethora of pop-upsThursday, 20th November 2008
Among the pop-up books being published for Christmas, Nicolette Jones writes , are the following: Inventions: Pop-Ups from the Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci (Walker); The...
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Children's column - Picture Book is inspiring TVFriday, 14th November 2008
BBC4's series Picture Book , of which the second hour-long programme of three was aired on Wednesday, gives the lie to an old myth about children's books coverage on...
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