Playing by the book

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

The day of reckoning…

So here they our, our 4 sunflowers we grew as part of the Nurture Store’s Sunflower Challenge in aid of Compton Hospice. Our tallest comes in at 199cm and is still some way off blooming. It may have a bud – I can’t tell from down below! What with relatives visiting and a very busy [...]

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And the winners of Eleanor’s Secret are…

#11 Rebecca, #35 Ron Goodwin and #13 smgrady! Congratulations to our three winners – I hope each of you, and your families, enjoy the film as much as we have done. Please look out for an email from me so that you can send me your postal addresses. My huge thanks to Soda Pictures for [...]

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Some books were harmed in the making of this post

You know how films often end with the disclaimer “No animals were harmed in the making of this film“… well I’m afraid today ALA or CILIP won’t be granting me the same disclaimer for books in this post so look away now if you’re the sort of person who never marks a book, never folds [...]

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