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Alexandra Louise Harris
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Creative Chronicles: Music
This week is a fun week as it’s all about the music.
Alexandra Louise Harris
Dec 29, 20244 min read
The Creative Chronicles
Creative Chronicles…an unorthodox name for a vlog. I love imagining stories in my music and like all things creative, sometimes we need...
Alexandra Louise Harris
Jan 3, 20244 min read
The Graveyard Book
Other than the very spooky cover, the first thing I noticed about The Graveyard Book was the index. There are only eight chapters!
Alexandra Louise Harris
Nov 20, 20234 min read
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
One sentence stuck with me. ‘Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.’ Well, that's happened to me.
Alexandra Louise Harris
Nov 13, 20234 min read
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
I re-read this book in the school holidays. Instead of practicing for a concert, I think you’ll agree, it’s eminently more sensible.
Alexandra Louise Harris
Nov 6, 20234 min read
The Butterfly Club
A middle-grade mystery always appeals to me, and this one’s set in Paris! Not only that, the protagonists are a group of canny time-thieves.
Alexandra Louise Harris
Oct 24, 20234 min read
The Phantom Tollbooth
Okay, I’ve just unearthed Ferdinand’s all-time favourite musical book. I’m calling it now, as I don’t believe it will ever be beaten…
Alexandra Louise Harris
Oct 16, 20233 min read
Wildwood
Naturally, I love fantastical animals, and this book was full of them. A mastiff in a suit, a Labrador in Khakis, Coyotes in army regalia...
Alexandra Louise Harris
May 20, 20234 min read
The Body Under the Piano
When I first discovered this book, I was bursting with fruit flavour. Every type; banana, watermelon, strawberry, kiwi… strawberry and kiwi.
Alexandra Louise Harris
Mar 3, 20234 min read
The Right Way to Rock
For fans of musicals, this is a book for you. No doubt the tunes will be so familiar, that as you read, you’ll be able to sing the songs.
Alexandra Louise Harris
Jun 27, 20224 min read
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
If you wish to be moved, inspired, and amazed by the incredible stories middle-grade authors are telling, this is certainly the book for you
Alexandra Louise Harris
Jun 10, 20223 min read
Have I just been down a rabbit hole?
Imagining a place our music exists outside ourselves is fascinating to me. Where does sound go when we play it? Where does it come from?
Alexandra Louise Harris
May 13, 20225 min read
Why Did Handel Waggle His Wig?
Now, this book is soooo great. It is also for anyone—like most middle-grade reads—and I certainly learnt a thing or two.
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