Playing by the book

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

Food for thought

Excitement, energy, engaging (and sometimes challenging) ideas burst out of Mission:Explore FOOD by The Geography Collective and City Farmers, illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones. As the opening lines of the book state, “This book will change the way you see food forever. Do not go any further if you are afraid of going on adventures or [...]

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For when life is just not fair

I couldn’t have written a better script… J was off ill a few days ago and M stomped to school with fury all over her face. “IT’S NOT FAIR! Why can’t I stay at home?” The pavement (and my ears) got a fair bashing from M that morning, and before 9am I was already exhausted! [...]

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What do you look for in cookery books for kids?

Following on from my last post, and putting my money where my mouth is, we’ve not only been drawing food together, we’ve also been baking and cooking together as a family Over the winter holidays we tried out two new cookery books, Whoopie Pie Fun by Claire Ptak, and Around the World with Little Kitchen [...]

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