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Tag: children’s fiction

Review of ‘The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb’ by R L Stine

07/06/2025 nsford 2 Comments

I hadn’t read a Goosebumps book since 2002, but when I saw this one at the library, I decided to…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, horror, R L Stine, reviews

Film of the book: ‘The Secret Garden’ (2020)

09/05/2025 nsford 2 Comments

I love the 1993 film of The Secret Garden, which is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel. I used…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: children's fiction, films, Frances Hodgson Burnett, reviews

Review of ‘Over Sea, Under Stone’ by Susan Cooper

23/04/2025 nsford Leave a comment

First published in 1965, this is the first book in the Dark is Rising series for children. I read this…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, reviews, Susan Cooper

Review of ‘The Patchwork Girl of Oz’ by L Frank Baum

25/03/2025 nsford Leave a comment

The seventh Oz book is not the best in the series. It started off very promisingly, with a completely new…

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

Film of the book: ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ (2004)

09/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

An award-winning, beautifully-animated film from Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’s Moving Castle is based on Diana…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, children's fiction, Diana Wynne Jones, fantasy, films, reviews

Film of the book: ‘Paddington’ (2014)

09/11/2024 nsford Leave a comment

This movie has a lot of fans. I’m not one of them. I thought it was all right at first,…

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

Review of ‘The Emerald City of Oz’ by L Frank Baum

01/11/2024 nsford 2 Comments

Dorothy kept returning to her drab life in Kansas, when she could be a princess in Oz, because of her…

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

Review of ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ by Diana Wynne Jones

22/10/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Magic and mayhem, witches and wizards, demons and destiny. According to my book record, I’ve read 6 books by Diana…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, Diana Wynne Jones, fantasy, reviews

‘Mirrors, Movies and Magic: 1980s Children’s Films Based on Books’ by N S Ford

25/09/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Do you love books, movies and the 80s? Then come with me on a delightful and dangerous quest to a…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Writing Filed under: books, children's fiction, fantasy, films, writing

Film of the book: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (1966)

09/08/2024 nsford Leave a comment

An awfully odd, offbeat black-and-white adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic book, directed by Jonathan Miller for the BBC. It’s not…

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

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