Playing by the book

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

Gifts from book illustrators – Paul Stickland

This week I’m highlight goodies you can get from author/illustrator Paul Stickland, the name behind some of our first and favourite dinosaur books including Ten Terrible Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Roar! Paul sells all manner of fun items in his zazzle store but I know two girls who’d love this T-shirt: And I wouldn’t mind drinking […]

Free activity sheets from Robert Sabuda, Paul Stickland and Elizabeth O. Dulemba

Today I’ve a bumper set of free activity sheets for you from children’s book authors and illustrators. Whether creating pop-up cards, designing posters for your home book corner or imagining what colour skin dinosaurs had is your thing, today there’s something for everyone. Robert Sabuda is a preeminent children’s pop-up book creator, a paper engineer […]

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