Playing by the book

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

Call for contributions to the next I Can Read celebration

I Can Read is a monthly celebration of all things related to new and emergent readers, and I’m hosting the next party, from May 13-17th. If you’ve reviewed easy readers or illustrated chapter books in the past year or have written a post about encouraging beginning readers, please consider submitting a post for the roundup [...]

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49 brilliant picture books from the past 5 years as chosen by award winning illustrators

At the start of this month I published a list 50+ brilliant picture books with contributions from several illustrators I’m fortunate to have “met” (at least online). The list was intended to be an source of ideas and inspiration. One interesting aspect for me of that list was how many of the books chosen were [...]

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Welcome to the Brit Mums’ Carnival

It’s with great pleasure that today I bring you the latest BMB (British Mummy Bloggers) Carnival, or rather what I believe is the first ever Brit Mums Carnival. In keeping with things over here at Playing by the book, the theme for all posts today is “books”. Do have a good rummage through the posts [...]

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