Playing by the book

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

Cacao Girl

Move over Biscuit Bear… here comes Cake Girl! After a long and patient wait, I’ve finally been able to get my hands on the latest book by David Lucas – Cake Girl – and (hooray, hooray ) it has been worth the wait! Alone again on her birthday, a witch decides to bake a cake [...]

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Not last night but the night before…

…”three black cats came knocking at the door./ I came downstairs to let them in,/ They knocked me down like a bowling pin.” You can imagine how the little boy narrating this story (by Colin McNaughton, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark) was a little surprised by these madcap cats as they rushed through his front [...]

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