Rosemary Sutcliff created evocative historical novels and fairy-tales from her powerful imagination. She would have agreed with scientist Albert Einstein:
If you want your children to be intelligent read them fairy-tales. If you want them to be more intelligent read them more fairy tales.Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff’s children’s book re-telling of the saga of Beowulf enthused and inspired children in this Caribbean school , on the other side of the Atlantic (from me!) – wonderful work. And then again last year – here. (When I first posted this, I placed the islands in the Pacific – ap0logies to everyone).
Children’s writer Rosemary Sutcliff ‘s books are expected to have been read by children entering the 11+ examination for one London independent school, but the teachers could not spell! Read More »
Found by Google alert this morning, this despairing question related to a Rosemary Sutcliff Arthurian novel which itself made me despair about modern education. “I’m researching for my critical literary reasearch paper over (sic) The Light Beyond the Forest by Rosemary Sutcliff. I’ve used search engines such as Google and I can’t seem to find anything useful. The reviews I do find require payment to view the whole article. I’m sure there is information out there or I wouldn’t have been assigned this book. (My italics). I just need some help finding it.”
This is what education-as-schooling has reduced students to – Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff disliked history at school, which she only started aged ten. And she missed much of the usual childhood activity and friends because of prolonged illness and hospital stays – she had Stills disease.Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 