Children’s Fantasy: Eight of the Best – Part One
Lucy Hounsom
I do not write for children, but entirely for myself. Yet I do write for some children, and have done so from the beginning. This wonderful, contradictory statement comes from…
children’s books
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
CptNemo
This is one of the tenderly beautiful children’s books that is written with wit and an elegant simplicity for all ages. A close comparison that I’m sure many of you…
Fantasy Movies & Games Encouraging Children To Read
Overlord
We often see on the news or hear from public figures that children are spending too much time in front of screens playing computer games or watching television. Of course,…
When YOU Were The Hero – An Adventure In Gamebooks
Steff Humm
Gamebooks aren’t something you see much of these days but back in the 80s and 90s they were doing a roaring trade all over the world as readers embraced the…
Wheel-Mouse vs All The Crazy Robots
Wheel-Mouse vs All The Crazy Robots is a joint project between fantasy author Mark Lawrence and his daughter, Celyn. Now, I wouldn’t want Mark to take too much of the…
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls is a book that I would never have picked up. It was only because it won The Kitschies Red Tentacle Award for Best Novel that I’d even…
Children & Fantasy – The Introductory Phase
Laura Graham
Since I finished university, I’ve had a little more free time on my hands. My favourite way using some of this time to help out my aunt and a friend…