The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett: a short textual analysis

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This piece of research by Catherine Bardell analyses an extract from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett

Powerful picture books: understanding disability in nursery schools

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This unpublished thesis by Karen Argent argues that picture books for young children can contribute to alternative constructions of disability

Trade unionism and political power in Margot Heinemann’s The Adventurers [1960]

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The Adventurers [1960] was Margot Heinemann’s first and only published work of fiction.

Useful resources for Picturebook enthusiasts

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This very useful resource about picture books has been put together by Dr. Mary Roche

Children’s Literature and the social construction of ideas of family

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We present an essay by Catherine Bardell , a student at Newman University, who looks at how ideas of family are constructed in children’s books

Bookshop Memories Revisited

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Bookshop Memories Revisited The Letterpress Project is delighted to present a brand new collection of original essays and reflections by people who love bo

Disability and why children need to read about it

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One of the most important reasons to keep Of Mice and Men  by John Steinbeck on the English GCSE syllabus is……..

A selection of recommended books for children that include stories about asylum seekers and refugees from around the world

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A selection of recommended books for children that include stories about asylum seekers and refugees from around the world Picture books

Why Study About Children’s Literature?

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This piece of research is concerned with what a group of second year undergraduate students on an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) degree course

For the Good Old Cause: trade unionism, the Communist Party of Great Britain and the post-war novel 1950-1965

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It is… no co-incidence that depictions of trade unions and trade unionism in British novels written following the end of World War Two are dominated by .