Deeper Reading
Deeper Reading
Tygertale
Jake Hayes discusses the books that helped inspire our greatest children's writers and illustrators to create their own modern masterpieces. Diving down the rabbit hole of children's literature, Deeper reading revisits beloved classics and uncovers lost works of staggering genius.
Night Birds on Nantucket with Fleur Hitchcock
Fleur Hitchcock talks about the book that made her realise not all heroines needed to be 'nice'. Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken is the third in a series that began with the Wolves of Willoughby Chase and the first to feature sparky street urchin...
Aug 14, 2020
26 min
Stig of the Dump with Sophie Kirtley
Sophie Kirtley author of Stone Age adventure The Wild Way Home talks about the book that inspired her, Clive King’s Stig of the Dump. Read an accompanying blogpost about Stig of the Dump on tygertale.com
Jul 30, 2020
29 min
The Lie Tree with Damaris Young
Damaris Young author of The Switching Hour and The Creature Keeper talks about the book that inspired her - The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge.Read the accompanying blog post on tygertale.com
Jul 28, 2020
18 min
The Silver Chair with Piers Torday
Piers Torday talks about the book that influenced his children's novel The Frozen Sea - C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair from the Chronicles of Narnia.Read the accompanying blog post on tygertale.com
Jul 28, 2020
29 min
Watership Down with SF Said
SF Said, author of the Varjak Paw books and Phoenix talks about the book that inspired him to become a writer, Watership Down by Richard Adams.Read the accompanying article on tygertale.com
Jul 28, 2020
36 min