Category Archives: Book of the Week

Book of the Week: Captain Scott

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Catriona

A friend told me about the concert she attended this week commemorating Scott of the Antarctic. I thought it seemed a strange thing to do until I remembered  that it is 100 years since he and his team reached the South Pole only to … Continue reading →

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The Yeats Companion

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Theresa

I have had the words to ‘The Song of Wandering Aengus’  in my head all week after listening to a CD of Christy Moore singing this beautiful poem. So it wasn’t too difficult to choose my book this week. THE … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: The Enchanted Doll’s House Wedding

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Catriona

‘The romance continues on this next enchanted adventure, and you are invited to join us…but only if you promise to keep a secret!’ This is what is printed on the back cover of this lovely book. So of course, being … Continue reading →

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TUDOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Theresa

I have just finished reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and  thought I needed to improve my knowledge of Tudor England and where better place to start than the county in which I live. TUDOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE Johnson, Joan. No illustrator … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: All Stations West

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Theresa

This week I have chosen a book about the story of the  standard gauge railway from Sydney to Perth. Mainly because I am skypeing with my sister in Australia tonight( for the first time) Although to be accurate she  lives … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: The London Encyclopaedia

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Theresa

This book is a mine of information about all things London, for example did you know that  No 1 Dorset Street W1 was once the home of Charles Babbage, mathematician and inventor of the calculating machine  or that Leather Lane … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: The Nativity Play

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Catriona

It’s the time of year when children everywhere are dressing in striped towels, old sheets and tinsel to be transformed into shepherds and angels to perform in ‘the Nativity Play’.  Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen pay ‘tribute to all those who perform miracles with wire … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: Museum Art

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Theresa

I know – I have been in the Art section again this week and found this delightful Children’s ABC. We might all know that A is for apple, but in this book we have for each letter four different paintings … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: The Real Alice

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Catriona

I have been photographing some of our recently acquired ‘Alice’ collection. Amongst the collection is this one and I just had to flick through the pages to see what it was about. It is a biography about Alice Liddell, said to be the inspiration … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: The Work of E.H. Shepard

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Catriona

I think everyone must know E.H. Shepard’s illustrations of Winnie the Pooh and his friends in 100 Acre Wood. Perhaps you have also seen his illustrations for Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. E.H. Shepard illustrated over 100 books and … Continue reading →

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