Playing by the book

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

Win £500 for books for your school or nursery!

Tesco Kids’ Book Club is currently running a drawing competition that sounds great fun! It’s easy to enter and you could win £500 worth of books for your child’s school/nursery, plus your kid could win a voucher to spend on Crayola products or an Art Chest. Here’s what you need to do: Read the short [...]

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Getting excited about art

13 Art Inventions Children Should Know by Florian Heine and 13 British Artists Children Should Know by Alison Baverstock are two incredibly well produced nonfiction books I think every school library should have on their shelves. They are eye-opening, they are thought-provoking and they are beautiful. And if you’re taking your kids to visit a [...]

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Blue horses, babies and brilliance

In my experience of parenthood so far Eric Carle and the birth of babies go hand in hand. If a newborn is going to receive a book or two as a welcome-to-the-world gift, it’s a nigh-on certainty that there’ll be stories or illustrations from Carle included. I know when M was born we were sent [...]

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