Playing by the book

Reviews of kids' books and the crazy, fun stuff they inspire us to do

Bubbles

We’ve not had much luck with sunshine so far this summer, so when the rain did finally abate earlier this week we made the most of being able to enjoy the garden without wellies and coats. Whilst it was still pouring (but in the spirit of positive thinking) we made some super strength bubble mixture [...]

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When is a sofa not a sofa?

After the success of Here comes Frankie we immediately put out a reserve notice at the library on all other Tim Hopgood books we could find in the catalogue. Within a couple of days Our Big Blue Sofa was waiting for collection and since we’ve got it home it has stayed very near the top [...]

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Dinosaurs

I know many kids go through a stage of being crazy about dinosaurs and yet, the passions that M has for these creatures continues to take me by surprise. She simply can’t get enough of them, whether they are plastic toys, pictures to colour in, songs to sing or fossils in a museum. So of [...]

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