Playing by the book

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

Cacao Girl

Move over Biscuit Bear… here comes Cake Girl!

After a long and patient wait, I’ve finally been able to get my hands on the latest book by David Lucas – Cake Girl – and (hooray, hooray ) it has been worth the wait!
Alone again on her birthday, a witch decides to bake a cake girl [...]

Blending in

As often happens in this house we read a book by one author or illustrator and then the girls want more of the same. So having re-read Whale we had to get Halibut Jackson, also by David Lucas, down off our shelves.
Halibut Jackson was shy.
Halibut Jackson didn’t like to be noticed.
Halibut Jackson liked to blend [...]

Whales

For as long as I can remember M has been captivated with whales. We visited a wonderful playground when she was about 2 with a whale you could climb inside, and a local museum on the island of Ameland where she saw a video of an exploding whale (…! Be warned: if you’re squeamish it’s [...]

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