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Tag: children’s fiction

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

Review of ‘Where Seagulls Dare’ by Anthony Horowitz

26/09/2022 nsford 2 Comments

I’m a big fan of the Diamond Brothers detective series so I was very happy when a new adventure was…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, books, children's fiction, reviews

Film of the book: ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ (2016)

09/07/2022 nsford 2 Comments

This is the worst film I’ve ever seen. It cost a whopping $170 million to make but clearly could not…

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

Film of the book: ‘Thumbelina’ (1994)

09/03/2022 nsford 2 Comments

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale Thumbelina was first published in 1835. Don Bluth, of The Land Before Time fame, produced,…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, children's fiction, films, Hans Christian Andersen, reviews

What I was reading 20 years ago

19/01/2022 nsford 10 Comments

Amazingly, I read 232 books in 2002. I’m sure it’s the highest number of books I’ve read in any year.…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, fiction, reading, YA fiction

Film of the book: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ (2009)

09/01/2022 nsford 4 Comments

Maurice Sendak’s famous 1963 picture book has a place in many people’s hearts. It’s still very popular today. Picture books…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, children's fiction, films, Maurice Sendak, picture books, reviews

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