Playing by the book

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

Winter Starlight

This last month I’ve been on the look out for books with a wintry but non-christmas theme and the search has brought a few lovely, previously unknown books into our household thanks to the library reservation system. One in particular which has caught M and J’s attention is The Sea Mice and the Stars by [...]

Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Dogs!

Today’s Fantastic Fiction for Kids comes courtesy of Tricia from The Miss Rumphius Effect, and her 8 year old son, William.

William (who’s almost 9) and Tricia (who’s 5 times that!) love to read together. Even though William thinks he’s “too old for picture books,” these dog-eared titles still get pulled off the shelves for regular [...]

Pay it forward

How do you feel about spreading a bit of happiness?…

Just before Christmas Vanessa from Silly Eagle Books invited 3 of her readers to participate in Pay It Forward – a way of spreading some happiness around the blogosphere. I put my name down and in return I recently received a very exciting parcel which contained [...]

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