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Find your local library

  By Litrasaurus Quest February 6, 2015 - 16:47 December 23, 2018 Blog, LitraQuest, News & Commentary

With tomorrow being National Library Day 2015 here is a link to a web page where you can find your local library – all you need to do is put… Continue reading

We Love Local Bookshops

  By Litrasaurus Quest January 20, 2015 - 14:13 December 23, 2018 Blog, News & Commentary

Litrasaurus & LitraQuest just love local bookshops ! Local bookshops, particularly the small independent ones, are an essential part of the reading experience for us all, particularly children.  Just like libraries,… Continue reading

Litrasaurus at the Richmond Literature Festival

  By Owain November 22, 2014 - 09:03 December 23, 2018 Blog, News & Commentary

Today Litrasaurus is going to the Richmond Literature Festival as part of their Children & Young People’s Programme. We will be seeing the famous children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson –… Continue reading

Elderly have a story to tell says Cribbins – Age UK

  By Litrasaurus Quest October 27, 2014 - 13:00 September 2, 2017 Blog, News & Commentary

Bernard Cribbins is supporting an initiative called Life Histories which is encouraging children to take an interest in the life stories of the elderly. ““Everybody has a story to tell,… Continue reading

Without Curiosity We Could Be Extinct – Sir Andrew Motion in the Daily Telegraph

  By Litrasaurus Quest November 20, 2013 - 19:30 September 2, 2017 Blog, News & Commentary
Sir Andrew Motion - former poet laureate

Sir Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate, says that “If we lose our child-like capacity for imagination and fascination then we have stopped being human”. He added it was not… Continue reading

Tagged   Books, Curiosity, Poet Laureate, Prize, Sir Andrew Motion

Only A Quarter of Children Read for Pleasure – Daily Telegraph

  By Litrasaurus Quest October 4, 2013 - 06:00 September 2, 2017 Blog, News & Commentary
child reading

A National Literacy Trust study has found that only one quarter of children read for pleasure. Also large numbers of parents are failing to motivate their children to read, with… Continue reading

Tagged   Children, Duchess of Cornwall, Hero, National Literacy Trust, Reading, Role Model

Internet is destroying creativity says author – Daily Telegraph

  By Litrasaurus Quest June 13, 2013 - 09:26 September 2, 2017 Blog, News & Commentary
Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh says that the internet and e-readers are “destroying” creativity.  The author of, amongst others, Trainspotting explained that the digital world had “stalled” the digital process. He made the… Continue reading

Tagged   Creativity, e-readers, Internet, Irvine Welsh

Litrasaurus Quest is Live !

  By Litrasaurus Quest June 10, 2013 - 08:52 September 2, 2017 Blog, News & Commentary
Litrasaurus Quest

Litrasaurus Quest (aka LitraQuest) is now LIVE ! Our first site WWW.Litrasaurus.com is the site for reading, writing and sharing stories aimed at the young and young at heart. Whereas… Continue reading

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