Playing by the book

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

Art! Wax resist painting revisited…

[Boring admin: I've been having lots of computer problems the last few days and I fear our computer may be on its last legs - please bear with me if there is a delay in posting this coming week!] As you know by now, here at Playing by the book we love creating art and [...]

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Dinosaurs preparing for a party!

Just before Christmas my marvellous M will turn 5. This year will be the first time we’ve held a party for her, and at her request, it is going to have a dinosaur theme. After all the running (stomping?) around at the party we’re going to have some dinosaur stories before all the kids go [...]

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Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Cats! Part 1

This week’s contribution to Fantastic Fiction for Kids comes from Vanessa at Silly Eagle Books. I would love to be able to visit Vanessa and her daughter as it sounds like their house is FULL of wonderful books. Just about every post over on Silly Eagle Books has me checking my local library’s catalogue to [...]

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