Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

Authors of books for young readers find so many ways to incorporate educational, things-you-need-to-know pieces of information into their w...

I am lucky to have to some wonderful friends who are there for me in good times and bad, who make me laugh, and who understand where I am co...

Sometimes we think that the perfect expressions of love or affection are the ones that are grand and extravagant. It turns out that often t...

I didn't really know anything about this book before I read it, though I knew from past experience than anything Sharon Creech writes ...

In 2014, a wonderful wordless picture book called Flora and the Flamingo won a Caldecott Honor. It is a delightful book that has charmed ...

Happy Mother's Day!

When I was five years old, a civil war broke out in the country that I was living in. Suddenly, and for reasons that I did not understand, ...

I wonder how many people have read or sung the Mother Goose rhymes to their children. Many thousands I am sure. The interesting thing is th...

I love libraries! When I was a child I would go to the local British Council library to spend an hour or so browsing the shelves. I would l...

Many children have imaginary friends, and sometimes we encounter such children in stories or films. We smile as they communicate with thei...