Tag Archives: Lorna Freytag

Book apps

October 29, 2013 · by · in Book apps, Family reading fun, Reviews, Reviews of current books · 2 Comments

We got our iPad a few months ago, after a loooooooooooong time of yearning after one (and that was just me…) and since then have been trying to have as much fun with it as possible.  It hasn’t actually been as hard as I’d anticipated to keep control of how much time the boys spend […]

The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award – THIS SATURDAY!

May 9, 2013 · by · in Books and publishing, News · 1 Comment

If any of you are in London this Saturday – May 11th, 2013 – and looking for a way to spend a very happy few hours with some very exciting people from the world of radical children’s literature, then I suggest you head down to the London Radical Bookfair at Conway Hall. Not only is […]

Interview with Stella Gurney, who retells ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, illustrated by Lorna Freytag

February 27, 2013 · by · in Authors, Interviews, Reviews, Reviews of current books · Leave a comment

‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‘, retold by Stella Gurney, illustrated by Lorna Freytag (published by Carlton Kids) We were lucky enough to be sent this book recently and it’s been an absolute treat to share with the boys.  The story was new to them, though I explained that the book we were reading was based […]