Category: Literature
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Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary
To mark the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth this week we are publishing the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary. Books including Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Twits have inspired generations to play with language and make up words. Some Dahlesque words for your everyday: A word for the weekend… Hopscotchy – adjective…
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Pippi Longstocking Colouring-in Competition
Last month Oxford University Press held a colouring-in competition to celebrate 70 years of the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking. Every day we received a new parcel of pictures, and by closing date we had more than 600 entries from primary school students across Australia. There were many inventive entries that colourfully captured the characters from Astrid Lindgren’s…
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Puppy Academy or Dr Kittycat?
Here at Oxford we share a love for many things – books, baking, cheese and our beloved pets. Many desks are decorated with pictures of our furry best friends, and in honour of two new series from our Children’s division, we asked the staff a very important question: Are you team Puppy Academy or team Dr…
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Super Happy Magic Forest: a review
This month we are anticipating the release of an exciting and epic adventure in the Super Happy Magic Forest. To celebrate this super happy magic release, Stephanie, age 6, reviewed the book and told us about her favourite characters. What score would you give this book out of 5? 1 = throw it away 2 = it…
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Arthur Conan Doyle was born on this day
Arthur Conan Doyle was born 156 years ago today in Edinburgh, Scotland. The third of ten children, Conan Doyle studied medicine at Edinburgh University and worked as a ship’s doctor before setting up his own practice in Southsea. He later gave up practicing medicine to pursue a literary career full-time and penned one of fiction’s…
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Children’s literature quiz: answers
The wait is over, the answers to our children’s literature quiz are here. Find out if you’re a children’s literature expert or whether you need to scrub up on your knowledge, by checking the answers below: When was The Very Hungry Caterpillar first published? ANSWER: A counting book by Eric Carle in 1969, this was…