Playing by the book

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

And the winner is….

…Vicki!
Congratulations indeed to Vicki from Reading At The Beach who wins the Ladybird coasters and her choice of Alison Lester’s Magic Beach. Vicki – I’ve sent you an email – please look out for it and let me know if you don’t receive it
Thanks to everyone who entered my first giveaway, for all [...]

Blending in

As often happens in this house we read a book by one author or illustrator and then the girls want more of the same. So having re-read Whale we had to get Halibut Jackson, also by David Lucas, down off our shelves.
Halibut Jackson was shy.
Halibut Jackson didn’t like to be noticed.
Halibut Jackson liked to blend [...]

Whales

For as long as I can remember M has been captivated with whales. We visited a wonderful playground when she was about 2 with a whale you could climb inside, and a local museum on the island of Ameland where she saw a video of an exploding whale (…! Be warned: if you’re squeamish it’s [...]

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