Playing by the book

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

Looking forward to World Book Day with a giveaway

This giveaway is now closed Thursday March 7 is World Book Day, and I can’t wait! So what is World Book Day? Well, it’s a UNESCO designated worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. Now in its 16th year, World Book Day aims to ensure as [...]

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Crowdsourcing help required: creating a database of literacy/reading/book charities

Every year I published a list of literacy / reading / book charities and Not-for-Profits around the world. Last year’s list contained over 125 charities/Not-for-Profits and can be found here. To make the list more user friendly, I’m in the process of creating a searchable database of all relevant charities/NfPs (so you can search by [...]

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How you, my blog readers, changed lives in Zambia with books

Back in March you did something wonderful. You helped me to raise nearly £600 for Book Aid International when you tried to guess the number of books in my home at that moment in time. Just 6 months later I can now tell you how your donations have made a huge difference to these very [...]

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