The Perils of Pet Sitting

Life and books (as if they really were two separate things!) came together just beautifully this weekend. To start with, we’ve been looking after our neighbour’s cat, a tom cat, which for some reason M and J have renamed Alice. Not having any pets of our own, it always makes the girls very happy to [...]

The magic of balloons

One of the contributors to last week’s popular post 50+ picture books every child should be read was an author/illustrator much enjoyed in our home – Tim Hopgood. One of the very fist books I reviewed on Playing by the book was his award winning Here Come’s Frankie, which is still the book I pick [...]

50+ picture books every child should be read – a non-prescriptive list for inspiration

Last week the UK Secretary for Education Michael Gove suggested that children as young as 11 should be reading 50 books a year as part of a drive to raise literacy standards. This raised a lot of eyebrows amongst the British book-loving public, not least as it comes following large cuts in funding for libraries [...]

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