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Oz Is Not As Down Under As Everyone Thinks It Is
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Oz Is Not As Down Under As Everyone Thinks It Is

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 / 25 October 2016
Frank L. Baum's Oz isn't in the land of Aussies, as one might think, but in a far more magical setting.
Is Laura Wilder’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Series Right for Kids These Days?
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Is Laura Wilder’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Series Right for Kids These Days?

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 / 12 March 2014

Should the fact of Laura Wilder’s dated prejudices lead us to abandon Little House on the Prairie and its sequels?

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Escapism Meets Dark Fantasy in This Startling Debut

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 / 8 October 2013
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Lenny’s Scuffles

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 / 17 June 2013
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Stories Still Scary Enough to Tell in the Dark

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 / 30 October 2012
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Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey

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 / 5 January 2012
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Ernest Hemingway, Reporter

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 / 30 August 2011
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Somewhere Over the Technicolour Rainbow Lies the Weirdest Book I Own

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 / 14 June 2011
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S.E. Hinton Is Writing About Vampires, Too

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 / 20 April 2011
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Botticelli, Sandwiches Outside and Dreams of Bradbury’s ‘Dandelion Wine’

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 / 21 March 2011
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Growing Up Weird with the Guinness Book of World Records

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 / 25 February 2011
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Why Jane Austen makes a surprisingly decent sleuth… and why Elizabeth I may not.

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 / 20 January 2011