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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Posted on December 7, 2019 by tygertale • Leave a comment

“It is winter in Narnia,” said Mr. Tumnus, “and has been for ever so long…. always winter, but never Christmas.” I can now count the ways that C.S. Lewis laid traps for my younger self to become obsessed with his secret world. A portal hidden in an empty old house. Talking animals serving tea in cosy dwellings. But … Continue reading →

The Best Wintry Books for Children
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The Best Wintry Books for Children

Posted on December 1, 2019 by tygertale • Leave a comment

Following on from last year’s list of the best Christmas books for children, 2019 sees a gathering of the very finest illustrated tales of snow, ice and winter magic. These are stories imbued with the sense of wonder and possibility which is evident during the winter months. And when the real world is distinctly lacking … Continue reading →

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
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The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

Posted on October 9, 2019 by tygertale • 1 Comment

The chronology of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books is nearly as hard to work out as the fluctuating time anomalies between time in our world and the land beyond the wardrobe. The Silver Chair is commonly presented today as the sixth in the series, and it makes sense like that, providing a satisfying ending to the … Continue reading →

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Posted on July 8, 2018 by tygertale • Leave a comment

‘An ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.’ The moment Maurice Sendak’s wolfish hero escapes the confines of his bedroom prison and into the world, there is a … Continue reading →

Winter Magic curated by Abi Elphinstone
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Winter Magic curated by Abi Elphinstone

Posted on December 1, 2016 by tygertale • Leave a comment

A glittering collection from Abi Elphinstone, author of the Dreamsnatcher trilogy, who brings together some of the brightest stars in children’s fiction for an anthology of winter tales. From ice cold chillers to fairy tales as deep and dark as Christmas itself, Winter Magic is a brilliantly broad and hugely imaginative book that reminded me … Continue reading →

The Way to Write for Children by Joan Aiken
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The Way to Write for Children by Joan Aiken

Posted on July 25, 2016 by tygertale • 12 Comments

  In 1982 Joan Aiken was asked to write a practical guide on the art of writing children’s books. From the first line it is clear that she wasn’t entirely sold on this concept (‘There is no one way to write for children’), but concedes that there are many practical things that a new writer can … Continue reading →

Mapping The Shadow Keeper – Abi Elphinstone Q&A
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Mapping The Shadow Keeper – Abi Elphinstone Q&A

Posted on February 4, 2016 by tygertale • 2 Comments

Everybody loves a good map at the front of a book. I got a little obsessed with them a few months ago when I started a new pinterest board of literary maps. Soon the good people of Twitter weighed in and I got to see a lot more brilliant examples, including a few by Thomas … Continue reading →

The anti-Narnia: Elidor by Alan Garner
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The anti-Narnia: Elidor by Alan Garner

Posted on April 2, 2015 by tygertale • 17 Comments

I avoided the books of Alan Garner as a child. A 1970s Armada Lion edition copy of Elidor sat on my shelf, always taunting me. It might have been the threat of Tolkien-esque high fantasy suggested by its cover that put me off, or maybe, just maybe the sense of dread that permeated its pages … Continue reading →

Puffin Annual Number One
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Puffin Annual Number One

Posted on January 2, 2015 by tygertale • 16 Comments

We went out for one of our little new year’s traditions this morning, breaking the tedium of the New Year’s restock and raiding the supermarket shelves for cut price Annuals. Steering the children skilfully away from a Flappy Birds cash in, we came away with the old reliable Beano Book and a reprint of some … Continue reading →

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tygertale • 2 Comments

‘And on the sledge sat a person whom everyone knew the moment they set eyes on him. He was a huge man in a bright red robe (bright as holly-berries) with a hood that had fur inside it and a great white beard that fell like a foamy waterfall over his chest… Some of the … Continue reading →

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