Playing by the book

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

Stories in Tune – The Firebird, part 1

Welcome to the third post in our mini-series here on Playing by the book – Stories in tune – all about picture books inspired by classical music. This month we listened to Stravinsky’s ballet, The Firebird.
Stravinsky’s Firebird draws on several Russian folk tales, though there is no single folk tale which exactly mirrors the story [...]

Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Theatres

I’m very excited about this week’s contribution to Fantastic Fiction for Kids! It comes from (did you manage to guess?) none other than James Mayhew, author and illustrator of the Katie series (including Katie’s Picture Show, Katie in London, and Katie and the Sunflowers, which I reviewed here) as well as numerous other books.
When I [...]

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