Musings on children's books, bookselling, and all things bookish.
Denis Gifford was a British writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist, and historian of film, comics, television, and radio. Many long-running British weekly comic anthologies began in the 1930s, including Beano which is now the world’s longest running comic, leading Gifford to define the decade as “the Golden Age of British Comics” in his 1984 publication, International…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the first post on a new website or blog is always the hardest. This is certainly no exception, and so, I have chosen to break the ice with a bit of an introduction. My name is Helen and I’m the owner of Wonderland Bookshop in Retford, North Nottinghamshire.…
Hello there! I’m Helen, and I’m a children’s literature enthusiast and bookshop owner. I hold a Masters degree in children’s literature, focusing my research on comics and graphic novels. Stick around for my musings on all things kidlit!