by Georgia Smith | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog
Being based in the south-east, it’s no surprise that Monster Books has a penchant for bizarre and fantastical stories. Narnia, Middle Earth, and Wonderland were all invented in nearby Oxford, and the river that runs through the inventively named Henley-on-Thames is...
by Georgia Smith | Mar 23, 2021 | Blog
Some children seem to have been born with their noses stuck in books. I was one such child, exhausted every day at school because I had stayed up late reading Molly Moon or My Secret Unicorn – or whatever I was obsessed with at the time. In an act of...
by Georgia Smith | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
After the frankly unbelievable plot of the past 12 months in real life, it’s hard not to wonder if we’re going to have to rethink the definition of fantasy fiction. When reality has had you suspending your disbelief for an extended amount of time, you have to choose...
by Georgia Smith | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog
Observations of a Children’s Bookseller World Book Day is about getting children interested in books – and that’s the job of a children’s bookseller all year round. So as the day approaches once again, I find myself thinking – what is it that makes the...
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