Playing by the book

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

What are you doing with the kids this weekend?

Tickets are still available (with better availability at the later concert), so if you liked the sound of yesterday’s Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake and you live in SE England why not head to this treat of a concert. I’d love to be taking M and J to hear it!

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Stories in Tune – Swan Lake – Part 1

Welcome to the sixth post in our mini-series here on Playing by the book – Stories in tune – all about picture books inspired by classical music. In the last month or so we’ve been listening to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, doing a fair bit of dancing, and of course reading some lovely books. Ella [...]

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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 [...]

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