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‘Kids hate reading’ and other stories.


If I had a pound for every time I heard someone say 'kids these days hate reading' or '****'s too young/old for books', I may not be a millionaire but I'd certainly have some extra pocket-money. They're wrong, obviously, but nothing I do or say seems to be able to convince them otherwise. Probably because… Continue reading ‘Kids hate reading’ and other stories.

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Judging a book by it’s cover…


Ah, the age old saying that we've all heard ten thousand times. Mostly, in my case, when they dumped a tedious looking, brown covered 'classic' in front of me at school and saw the look of boredom sweep across my face. Granted, they had a point in one case - I quite enjoyed Catcher In… Continue reading Judging a book by it’s cover…