Monsieur Lazhar

Silkscreen showed Monsieur Lazhar last week - similar in styl to 'Etre et Avoir' from the point of view of primary schoolchildren - but here dealing with the death of a teacher and their handling of the emotional trauma with a new rather unconventional M Lazhar. A very powerful film which engages with wonderful performances by the children and you gradually realise that the pain of the children and the new teacher are one. Here's a review.

Junior Reading was never this much fun

Curious Pages has an archive of inappropriate books for kids. I did like the 'Polonius was a mythical sausage' line and illustration. Definitely not suitable for the young (though that's who they were published for!). Hat tip to The Second Pass.