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Latchkey kids

Latchkey kids

Surely there was a lot of concern about “latchkey children” before the 1960s? Enid Blyton got a book out of it, “Six Bad Boys”, which I found nauseating – a woman who packed her kids off to boar ...
Moral separation in The Book Thief

Moral separation in The Book Thief

Adapted by Michael Petroni (The Rite, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Trader) from Markus Zusak’s  Best Selling novel of the same name, The Book Thief is an English language tear-jerker s ...
Are you enjoying reading this website?

Are you enjoying reading this website?

Imagine what it would be like if you were unable to read! Some children do not learn to read easily and need some extra one-to-one help. Beanstalk is a national charity which recruits and trains volun ...