http://hileryjane.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/days-of-children-reading-books-are-numbered/ When the winds of change come, some build walls, others build windmills Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:17:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://hileryjane.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/days-of-children-reading-books-are-numbered/#comment-40 HileryJane Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:18:41 +0000 http://hileryjane.wordpress.com/?p=204#comment-40 Thanks for this. I haven't read Andrew Norriss but shall look out for him. Thanks for this. I haven’t read Andrew Norriss but shall look out for him.

]]> http://hileryjane.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/days-of-children-reading-books-are-numbered/#comment-39 meopham Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:58:06 +0000 http://hileryjane.wordpress.com/?p=204#comment-39 A story has to be good enough to capture children's attention and imagination. Too many gritty urban tension filled depressing books are bound to discourage young readers. Aquila by Andrew Norriss won the Whitbread Children's Award. Norriss's books are loved by all who find them - children, parents, grandparents because they are funny, adventurous, with a subtle message about Life, but most of all they are GOOD stories. A story has to be good enough to capture children’s attention and imagination. Too many gritty urban tension filled depressing books are bound to discourage young readers. Aquila by Andrew Norriss won the Whitbread Children’s Award. Norriss’s books are loved by all who find them – children, parents, grandparents because they are funny, adventurous, with a subtle message about Life, but most of all they are GOOD stories.

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