Read the brilliant opening to Katherine Rundell's new book The Explorer
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Katherine Rundell explains how her journey to the inspired her new book The Explorer - and shares an extract.
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Katherine Rundell Archives - Piers Torday
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The balancing act': how to keep reading fun in a busy family
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Check out the little library in a very big shopping centre
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National Poetry Day: Read poems by three brilliant rising stars
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The Wolf Wilder, Book by Katherine Rundell, Official Publisher Page
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The Explorer: Rundell, Katherine: 9781481419451: : Books
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Into the Jungle by Katherine Rundell (9781509824601/Paperback)
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The Explorer: 9781408885284: Books
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19. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell – At the End of the World is a Book
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The Explorer by Katherine Rundell, Paperback
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