Playing by the book

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

Nonfiction Monday Roundup

Today I’m very happy to be hosting Nonfiction Monday! If you’ve recently reviewed a great nonfiction book for kids please leave a comment below and I’ll add you to this post as the day develops.
I’ve recently reviewed several books that have blurred the boundary between fiction and non fiction – Satoshi Kitamura’s Stone Age Boy, [...]

Glowing in the dark

As I wrote last week, our local library is closed for the foreseeable future and we now have to take a bus journey to get our library books. Although this is time consuming, it’s not entirely without silver linings – next to the new library is a lovely little playground, and just round the corner [...]

Nonfiction Monday – A day in the life of a Postman

Given the International Postcard Swap for Families we’re hosting at Playing by the book, for my contribution to this week’s Nonfiction Monday I’m reviewing A Day in the Life of a Postman by Carol Watson

This book takes the form of a photo diary starting at 5am with Basra the postman arriving at a large delivery [...]

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