Example sentences of "book for child " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writing books for children is becoming increasingly complex , as the arbiters of the modern child 's mores — librarians , teachers and publishers — lay down ever more stringent criteria . |
| 2 | A SPECIAL exhibition of books for children forms one of the centrepieces of the 41st annual Frankfurt Book Fair . |
| 3 | There are some books for children that have not been illustrated , and probably should not be illustrated . |
| 4 | This offer is a valuable introduction for you too — to Books for Children . |
| 5 | Once upon a time there was the offer of a lifetime from Books for Children . |
| 6 | Our experienced editors comb the publishers ' lists continually for the very best books for children — of all ages . |
| 7 | When she was younger she used to write books for children . |
| 8 | Oxford Activity Books for Children |
| 9 | Recently various writers have drawn attention to the domesticated image of women put over in the mass media , in textbooks and reading books for children , and in school curricula . |
| 10 | If I could n't then I would not be able to write my sort of books for children . |
| 11 | A travelling exhibition has been assembled , containing books for children up to the age of seven , and this visits health centres , teachers ' centres , colleges of education and community associations . |
| 12 | Both the Delanos wrote books for children and adults in an effort to encourage the population to become more literate and hopefully generate a sense of pride in the history of the island . |
| 13 | ‘ This they have done by drawing up a ‘ list ’ of recommended books for children of different ages which are , almost without exception , not one but two generations old . |
| 14 | He joined the Puffin Bookshop in the summer of 1985 and quickly established himself as someone with a deep interest in books for children , especially for the very young , and won the hearts of customers , fellow members of staff and publishers visiting the shop , not to mention the many authors and illustrators who gave their time freely for the events and signings at the bookshop . |
| 15 | The crux of the discussion was who should choose books for children , and how . |
| 16 | A book in the museum library is just labelled Register and on opening is found to be a register of books lent , almost all of them books for children . |
| 17 | He wrote a handful of other books for children , which were mostly picture-books , but included a full-length fantasy , The Twilight of Magic ( 1930 ) . |
| 18 | She went on to write educational books for children , including The Life of Carlo , the Famous Dog of Drury Lane Theatre ( 1804 ) , a ‘ little pantomimic book ’ about the Forty Thieves ( 1806 ) ; The Class Book ; or , Three Hundred and Sixty Five Reading Lessons Adapted to the Use of Schools ( 1806 ) , under the name Revd David Blair ; and Lessons for Children ( 1811 ) . |
| 19 | She continued to write , including books for children and an acclaimed Female Biography : or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women of All Ages and Countries ( 6 vols. , 1802 ) . |
| 20 | Though schools could reclaim VAT , universities and students could not , nor could parents buying books for children . |
| 21 | It is disturbing to learn that books for children 's libraries in Edinburgh are selected on the political basis that the stories ‘ reflect the multi-cultural nature of society ’ . |
| 22 | I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners ! |
| 23 | On Marryat 's The Pacha of Many Tales ( 1835 ) you will find a splendid full-rigged ship of the line stamped in blind on dark blue ; Septimus Piesse 's holiday book for children Chymical , Natural , and Physical Magic ( 1865 ) has a white cloth cover printed in six colours and gold ; an 1887 edition of The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has , in bright gilt on blue cloth , an owl , two bats , a snail , two mice , a swallow , a spider in its web and a variety of foliage , including ivy , fields grasses and cornstalks . |
| 24 | The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded for the most distinguished illustration in a book for children . |
| 25 | She was meant to be illustrating a new book for children , a fantasy story by a well-known author . |
| 26 | The second question : Is it a book for children or adults ? is not so straightforward to answer . |
| 27 | At the time of the Agadir crisis , he had declared bombastically that it was ‘ high time this insolent clique in Paris should be made once more to feel what a Pomeranian Grenadier can do ’ He edited a book for children , entitled ‘ Germany in Arms ’ , glorifying war , and was fond of speaking to German youth about the forthcoming ‘ happy — cheerful war ’ whatever that meant . |