Gordon Campbell On The Owl Service By Alan Garner
In this entry in the series on classic children’s books, the owls are not what they seem, but the English stay true to type. For […]
Classic Children’s Books
Gordon Campbell On The Links Between Go Dog. Go!, The 1950s Red Scare And Shakespeare’s Sonnets
This week’s essay in the series about classic children’s books features P.D. Eastman’s hymn to perpetual motion… Once read, this book is never forgotten. Like […]
Gordon Campbell On Tom’s Midnight Garden By Philippa Pearce
This week’s essay on classic children’s books features Philippa Pearce’s great YA novel about memory and loss. The image of Ely Cathedral is from circa […]
Gordon Campbell On The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
The Werewolf essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy about war’s on children True, it may seem weird to try […]
Gordon Campbell On The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle
The Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books continues this week with this story by Avi of murder, mutiny and teenage rebellion on the […]
Gordon Campbell On The Dark Is Rising
This week, the Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books features Susan Cooper’s 1973 novel The Dark Is Rising. The antlered horseman on the […]
Gordon Campbell On The Indian In The Cupboard
The Werewolf series on classic children’s books continues this week with “The Indian in the Cupboard” by Lynne Reid Banks. Usually, fantasy offers a means […]
Gordon Campbell On Harriet The Spy
The Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books continues this week with Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. Ever since Harriet the Spy was […]
Gordon Campbell on The Incredible Journey
The Werewolf series on classic children’s books focusses this week on The Incredible Journey (1961) by Sheila Burnford Ultimately, The Incredible Journey is worth admiring […]
Gordon Campbell On Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown
The Werewolf series on classic children’s books continues this week with the bedtime favourite Goodnight Moon, and the brief life of the tragic genius who […]
Gordon Campbell On Classic Children’s Books: Badger’s Parting Gifts
Every Friday, Werewolf is re-publishing some essays about classic children’s book, that I began writing in 2009. This essay on Badger’s Parting Gifts has been […]