Playing by the book

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

Getting up to all sorts in the name of science

What we’ve been getting up to recently includes… …watering the garden with coca-cola… …making lava lamps with vitamin tables… …turning liquids into solids without the use of the freezer… (in other words, making butter) ..making an egg which was wider than the neck of a bottle magically find itself INSIDE the bottle without us even [...]

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A timely, deadly review

I shouldn’t have been excited to read this week’s news about an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, or the new flu virus found in seals but given that on Friday I reviewed a children’s book which features both Ebola and pandemic flu over at the STEM Friday blog, I couldn’t help being pleased with my sense [...]

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Edible Books and MATHS!

Today I’m hosting STEM Friday, over at the STEM Friday blog. I’ve a review of a super, literally deliciously illustrated book for inspiring a love of… fractions! Do head on over to the STEM Friday blog to find out what it is, and if you’ve written a review of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) [...]

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