Playing by the book

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

Dragons

Although I’ve started honing my book searching skills and am beginning to build up a good repertoire of techniques for finding great books for the girls, there’s nothing I love more than when a wonderful book arrives in my lap out of the blue. Tell me a dragon by Jackie Morris isn’t a book I’d [...]

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Lovely things

Despite the fun and laughter I’ve distilled and held on to here on Playing by the book this week, it’s not been an easy week – plenty of illness and a complete dearth of sleep. I’m always grateful that any of you read my ramblings, but this weekend has seen 2 really lovely things from [...]

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How to save on your energy bills!

For my first Poetry Friday post I simply had to chose a poem by Michael Rosen. Rosen was the UK’s Children’s Laureate 2007-June 2009 and is a truly wonderful, funny, perceptive and engaging author – M has adored listening to his audiobooks for nearly 2 years now and I’ve been listening to them for 25. [...]

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