Philip Pullman

The Firework-Maker's Daughter

• Philip Pullman's comments on why he wrote it

  • Downloadable teacher resources (from TeachPrimary.co.uk)

  • Essay by Philip Pullman where the book came from

• Wikipedia entry

I Was a Rat

• Philip Pullman's comments on why he wrote it

• Wikipedia entry

  • Cinderella links, e.g., to variants and cultural comparisons

  • Cultural comparison of Cinderella stories (Grade 3 lesson) (PDF)

  • Academic literary criticism:

    • Article: Democratic Reading: Ideology and genre in "I was a Rat" -- by Shelley King -- [PDF available if logged into UWCSEA Google Apps domain] -- discusses the book in light of Princess Di and the tabloid press in the UK -- and the question of what is truth;

    • Article in a book: "Philip Pullman's I was a Rat! and the Fairy Tale Re-telling as Instrument of Social Criticism" (read 90% of it online via Google Books) - brings in contemporary issue of the Jamie Bulger case in the UK and the question of the child as animal/monster and children's rights;

Clockwork

• Philip Pullman's comments on why he wrote it

  • Ms. Day's book discussion guide (PDF)

• Wikipedia entry

Northern Lights / The Golden Compass