Today (April 2nd) is the 205th anniversary of the birth of Danish Author Hans Christian Andersen. During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide with his fairy tale children’s stories. These include The Brave Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, and The Ugly [...]

One of my all time favorite books since I was a child has always been ‘The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe‘ I was delighted to hear that to mark its 50th anniversary, the entire series of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ had been made into an audio book. I have always felt that fantasy is [...]

Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and originally a writer of adult fiction and historical accounts, British author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865 –1936) produced many books and collections for children that were popular for much of the 20th century. The “Just So Stories” became a favourite across the English speaking world and [...]