Playing by the book

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

An Interview with Jan Pieńkowski

Today I am thrilled and humbled to be interviewing Jan Pieńkowski, twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration. Jan, born in Warsaw in 1936, made his first book when he was 8. As a result of the Second World War his family had to leave Poland and eventually they settled in England. His [...]

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Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Fantasy fiction with animals!

Today’s list of books for Fantastic Fiction for Kids comes from Ella, one third of the team behind the very best radio programme for kids anywhere in the world – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child. (I have no affiliation with them – I’m just a big fan!) Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child is [...]

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Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Cats! Part 2

This week’s contribution to Fantastic Fiction for Kids comes from Ashley in Aberdeenshire. Ashley is a stay at home mum to her 3 boys, an avid scrapbooker (a hobby which in turn sparked her love of genealogy when researching the old photos she was trying to preserve), cardmaker and bookworm – she admits she has [...]

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