Playing by the book

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

Making tiny books for creative play PLUS Axel Scheffler original for £2

The girls wanted some books for their Sylvanian families to play with so I recently made these: Each is about 2cm tall. I used the thin strip-like post-it note pads (like these) to create the pages, adding a little extra PVA glue at the binding edge. Book covers were made out of origami paper. This [...]

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Playing by the book’s International Edible Book Festival 2013

Roll up! Roll up! Wherever you are in the world, you are cordially invited to join us in celebrating all things bookish and delicious by taking part in Playing by the book’s 2nd Annual International Edible Book Festival! Edible book festivals have been taking place around the world since 1999, but as there are none [...]

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One way to launch a library! (or 4 ways to celebrate World Book Day)

If you were invited to design a school library launch, how would you go about it? What events would you want to facilitate? Who would you want to involve? These questions have been very much on my mind since the start of the year, for designing and delivering a school library launch is exactly what [...]

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