This Month -Reading Books With Your Children - contributed by Rosemary

There are very many wonderful memories connected to this highly pleasurable activity. I have two daughters, now in their late twenties, to whom I used to read each day when they were young. One became an avid reader, staying up late into the night reading some treasured stories, over and over, with her parents blissfully asleep and unaware. Roald Dahl was a favourite author at that time.

I have vivid memories, which I hope they share, of laughter, safe "terror" and tears for those really sad endings followed ...... Read the full article.

Featured Book - Birds of Arabia - contributed by Cliff

Colonel R. Meinertzhagen - Conman, fraudster, soldier, ornithologist?

Or all of the above? Choosing this book is really just an excuse to investigate this intriguing author. Let's start by looking at some aspects of the author's life:
Firstly, what could be more straightforward than the title and author - "Birds of Arabia by Colonel R. Meinertzhagen"? Well, nothing, except that in one sense Meinertzhagen probably didn't write it at all, in that he based it very heavily on the work of the American naturalist George Bates .....Read More.

Other Natural History books

More Medical books.

Other books about World War II.

Price: £32.00

More Chalet School titles

New Naturalist No. 71. Published by Collins. 1st edition 1985 - 1st issue. 725 copies printed. SIGNED by author.
Price: £2400

Haymarket Publishing Limited. Grands Prix, F5000, Sports Cars, USA, Rallies. A detailed record of the 1974 season. A large format book, with colour and b/w photographs.

Price: £250

Published by Blackie & Son Ltd. Part of the Alison Series by Stuart. Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates.
Price: £90

What all those involved in forestry need to know about financial management, taxation, the integration of forestry and agriculture and more! 3rd edition. SIGNED by author.

Price: £90

News in Brief

Among our most recently catalogued books are some New Naturalists; more Percy Westerman; Ladybird Books; Railways; Enid Blyton 1st editions with original wrappers; Annuals and many more.

Autumn Colours in the Wye Valley
In the next couple of weeks we will be witnessing the changing of the leaves here in the Wye Valley - with truly spectacular colours! For more information about activities in the Wye Valley - please visit the Visit the Wye Valley website.

New Character for New Winnie the Pooh Book, published 5th October
The new Winnie-the-Pooh book - 'Return to Hundred Acre Wood' contains a new character - Lottie the Otter. The book is the first official follow-up to 'The House at Pooh Corner' - originally published in 1928.

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