Playing by the book

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

Cybils Nominee: Casketball Capers

Casketball Capers by Peter Bently and Chris Harrison, nominated for a Cybils award in the category of Short Chapter Books is a simple, fun read for those just starting out on reading whole books by themselves. Lee lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary street and like most 9 year olds goes to school. [...]

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Philip Pullman meets Laurel and Hardy

Pullman, Laurel and Hardy are not three bedfellows I would have put happily together until recently. But a re-issue of a pre-Northern Lights book by Pullman, The Adventures of the New Cut Gang has changed all that for me. Whilst I’ll still love Pullman for his mythic storytelling that makes me reflect on my world [...]

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A wonderful place to visit next week

One of my favourite children’s book blogs, Saffron Tree, hosts its annual festival, CROCUS – Celebrating Reading Of Culturally Unique Stories, this coming week. The theme this year is ‘The five elements’: Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Space. It is going to be a week (23rd Oct to 30th Oct) of wonderful books related to [...]

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