Should you be encouraging your teen’s fondness for horror books? How can you identify the diamonds amongst the coal? In this article, we offer a few pointers.
Author: Dr. Jen Harrison
Dr. Jen Harrison
Dr. Jen Harrison provides writing and research services as the CEO of Read.Write.Perfect. She completed her Ph.D. in Children’s and Victorian Literature at Aberystwyth University in Wales, in the UK. After a brief spell in administration, Jen then trained as a secondary school English teacher and worked for several years teaching Secondary School English, working independently as a private tutor of English, and working in nursery and primary schools. She has been an editor for the peer-reviewed journal of children’s literature, Jeunesse, and has published academic work on children’s non-fiction, YA speculative fiction, and the posthuman.
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Ping Meets Pang, by Mary Jane Begin, is a great story for opening conversations about inclusivity. It is beautifully illustrated.
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