Playing by the book

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

In at the deep end

Last night as I ordered 3 books from Amazon (this, this and this if you must know ) I wondered what I would feel if the only bricks-and-mortar bookshop in our neighbourhood closed down. It’s not some wonderfully creative, enticing, independent bookshop but merely one of a very large chain. It’s main appeal for my [...]

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Your very own kidlit correspondent from the UK’s “best family festival”

It’s with the greatest of pleasure and not just a little bit of excitement that I can announce to you that over the next few months I’ll be acting as a kidlit correspondent for the “Best Family Festival” in the UK, The Just So Festival. The Just So Festival, a family arts festival, was launched [...]

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And the winners of the Eric Carle postcards are…

Kosharem Scherschel and Damyanti! Congratulations to both of you. I’ll be sending Kosharem the set of Eric Carle favourites and Damyanti the Animals and Plants set. Please look out for an email from me so that you can send me your postal addresses. Thanks! Thankyou too to everyone who took part in the giveaway. I’m [...]

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