Playing by the book

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

The kindness of strangers

Earlier this month Besty Bird at Fuse 8 said of Playing by the book “this site just pours its heart into each and every post“. She’s right. I’ve always been told I wear my heart on my sleeve, and today is no different. Except that perhaps today’s post is even more personal than usual. It’s [...]

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Books about sending and receiving post

To celebrate the launch of the 2011 International Postcard Swap for Families I’ve been researching great children’s books, especially picture books, all about letters, mail, post and post offices. Last year I published a list of 99 such books as a series of Amazon listmania lists: Click on the links below to take you to [...]

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2011 International Postcard Swap for Families

PLEASE NOTE: The Swap is now closed to families from the US as we are oversubscribed. My apologies, and thanks for understanding Last year I held an International Postcard Swap for Families. Families from all over the world signed up, sent and received 5 postcards and – perhaps my favourite part – they included details [...]

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