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Is there life after Harry Potter?

Well, we should hope so. The hype around the movie has been and almost gone. Most children (and lots of us ‘big children’) have seen it once, twice or more. Children have delighted in comparing the accuracy of the film…
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Favourite Books at ARRENDELL

Current Favourites at Arrendell based on the opinions of eighty 9-13 year olds: The Big Nate series Dork Diaries series Go Girl series Judy Moody series Horrible Histories series Diary of a Wimpy Vampire series Andy Griffiths books – especially all Just … titles Morris Gleitzman, especially Once, Now, Then, After, Boy…
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Getting Boys to Read

Paul Jennings, one of Australia’s best selling children’s authors, once had a grandmother come to him at a book-signing and she said, “Can you write something that will make my grandson read this?” Paul signed the book and wrote “When…
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