By Verity Bird. It seems we’ve always looked for heroes, ever since the flawed deities of ancient Greece but don’t worry this isn’t a history lesson … ok maybe just a little. Since the Modern-Age of comic books, we’ve seen our mainstream caped crusaders suffer more acutely with the human condition. We’ve seen Iron-Man struggle […]
75th Anniversary of The Famous Five
Reading is a fundamental part of a child’s development and one of the greatest exponents of getting children to read was Enid Blyton, who wrote over 600 books in her time and has sold an estimated 600 million copies of her books, quite amazing. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the publication of […]
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Here at World of Rare Books, we’re proud of our achievements and have been very lucky to have been shortlisted for a number of awards over the years – and we’ve won a few too! Today it was announced that we’ve won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2017. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise recognises […]