Seeing as I’ve already mentioned the C word this week…

If you’re looking for some beautiful Christmas cards that support a great cause you might be interested in these featuring one of Shirley Hughes’ timeless illustrations from Out and About Through the Year, published by Walker Books. The cards are sold in packs of ten and cost £6 including postage and packing. All profits go [...]

Winter warmers – 1

I’m taking the next two weeks “off” the blog to spend plenty of time with my family and to prepare a few things for Playing by the book in the new year. However, as I don’t want the blog to fall completely silent I’ll be posting a few links each week to articles and blog [...]

Moon machine

Shirley Hughes is one of our favourite illustrators in this house and although we’ve read and enjoyed many of her books (though not all 200 or so she has illustrated nor all 50+ she has written), over Christmas we came across a book of hers that was new to us – Abel’s Moon. Abel Grable [...]