Playing by the book

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

Putting images to sounds

Once Upon An Ordinary School Day by Colin McNaughton, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura has been on my to-review list since last summer. I had hoped to write about it when M started school, but it is only now, half way through the year (!) that we’ve managed to do the activity that Once Upon An [...]

Fantastic Ficiton for Kids – Art

Today’s Fantastic Fiction for Kids post comes courtesy of writer and artist Sallie Wolf. Her contribution today is extra special (apart from it being on a great topic) because I “met” Sallie as a result of the first ever Fantastic Fiction for Kids here on Playing by the book – Lynn from Chronicle of [...]

Art! Wax resist painting revisited…

[Boring admin: I've been having lots of computer problems the last few days and I fear our computer may be on its last legs - please bear with me if there is a delay in posting this coming week!]
As you know by now, here at Playing by the book we love creating art and we [...]

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