Playing by the book

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

Celebrating Children’s Book Week – Oceans and Seas

Here’s the last lot of session plans for our day off-timetable as part of Children’s Book Week next week. These sessions are for year 2 studens (6-7 year olds) and are based on their current topic “Oceans and Seas”. Session 1 Book: The fantastic undersea life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino Follow up book: [...]

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Q: What do I have in common with the former Director General of MI5?

A: We’re both members of book prize judging panels! The Cybils awards are given each year by bloggers for the year’s best children’s and young adult titles. Now in their 6th year, the Cybils are going from strength to strength with awards this year in the following categories: Easy Readers/Short Chapter Books Fantasy & Science [...]

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Celebrating Children’s Book Week – Castles

Here are our plans for Year 1 (5 and 6 year olds) on our special Book Day, as part of Children’s Book Week. Year 1′s theme is “Castles”. Please feel free to reuse, adapt and share any of the resources on this page. Session 1 Book: Shhh! by Sally Grindley and Peter Utton Follow up [...]

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