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Tag: children’s fiction

Review of ‘Two Little Pilgrims’ Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett

21/03/2023 nsford Leave a comment

This 1895 children’s book by the author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy is quite…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, Frances Hodgson Burnett, reviews

Review of ‘The Neverending Story’ by Michael Ende

13/03/2023 nsford 9 Comments

An intelligent, epic fantasy novel for children but possibly best appreciated by adults. I think much of it is symbolic…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, fantasy, Michael Ende, reviews, translations

Film of the book: ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ (2004)

09/03/2023 nsford Leave a comment

Based on the first three books in Lemony Snicket’s dark and quirky series, this is an entertaining Tim Burton-ish film…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, children's fiction, films, Lemony Snicket, reviews

Review of ‘Ozma of Oz’ by L Frank Baum

01/03/2023 nsford Leave a comment

The third book in the delightful and ever so slightly sinister Oz series, following The Wonderful Wizard and The Marvelous…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, fantasy, L Frank Baum, reviews

Review of ‘Beyond the Wand’ by Tom Felton

27/02/2023 nsford 2 Comments

A fantastic autobiography from actor Tom Felton, aka Draco Malfoy. This is a very entertaining book! Not only is it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, films, J K Rowling, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Tom Felton

Film of the book: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (1959)

09/02/2023 nsford 2 Comments

This iconic Disney classic is based on Charles Perrault’s story (itself based on earlier sources and which was followed by…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: Charles Perrault, children's fiction, Disney, fantasy, films, reviews

Review of ‘The Marvelous Land of Oz’ by L Frank Baum

30/01/2023 nsford Leave a comment

This ‘marvelous’ sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published in 1904. Although it references previous events and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, L Frank Baum, reviews

Film of the book: ‘Pinocchio’ (2022)

09/01/2023 nsford 4 Comments

Guillermo del Toro transforms Carlo Collodi’s 1883 morality tale into something completely different. It’s not really an adaptation, more of…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: Carlo Collodi, children's fiction, fantasy, films, Guillermo del Toro, reviews

Review of ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ by L Frank Baum

19/12/2022 nsford 4 Comments

It’s difficult to separate this classic American children’s novel from the phenomenally successful film, but I’ll try. First published in…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, classics, fantasy, L Frank Baum, reviews

Film of the book: ‘Little Women’ (1994)

09/12/2022 nsford 6 Comments

This is a lovely and spirited adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, directed by Gillian Armstrong with a screenplay…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, children's fiction, classics, fiction, films, Louisa May Alcott, reviews

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