Playing by the book

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

Kidlit destinations in Denmark

It’s a while since we packed our bags and journeyed to some new kidlit destinations as part of Reading Round Europe, but today, finally we’re off once more. And our destination today? Denmark! Let’s start with a visit to a brilliant, specialist children’s bookshop, Børnenes Boghandel, in Copenhagen Børnenes Boghandel has been around for more [...]

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Children’s books about War and Conflict

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the current exhibition at the Imperial War Museum London, Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children (part 1, part 2). The final section of the exhibition is dedicated to a library of books for children about war and conflict and I am now able to share [...]

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Kidlit destinations in Norway

World children’s literature seems to be all the rage at the moment – in just the last couple of weeks I’ve discovered two great challenges which focus on reading children’s books from all over the globe. Paper Tigers is hosting a Reading the World Challenge whilst Book Dads have their own Read Around the World [...]

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