Playing by the book

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

Stories in Tune – Swan Lake – Part 1

Welcome to the sixth post in our mini-series here on Playing by the book – Stories in tune – all about picture books inspired by classical music. In the last month or so we’ve been listening to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, doing a fair bit of dancing, and of course reading some lovely books. Ella [...]

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Fishing for words

[In fishing for words I seem to have caught rather a lot - this is quite a long post so please enjoy with a nice cup of tea or coffee!] M has been learning to read at school since November. It’s been a delight and a source of amazement to me to see her skill [...]

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Not last night but the night before…

…”three black cats came knocking at the door./ I came downstairs to let them in,/ They knocked me down like a bowling pin.” You can imagine how the little boy narrating this story (by Colin McNaughton, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark) was a little surprised by these madcap cats as they rushed through his front [...]

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