Playing by the book

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

Stories in tune – The Firebird, part 2

In my previous post I discussed the books M, J and I have been reading about various incarnations of the Firebird, as a way in to listening (and dancing) to Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. In between and after readings we enjoyed several clips of the ballet or the music on YouTube including these:

Firebird: Nina Ananiashvili
Prince [...]

A day trip to India…

What with the wonderful postcards we’ve been receiving and the stories of the postcards you’ve been making, writing and simply enjoying we’ve been bitten by the travel bug! Seeing images from all these beautiful places in our own country and around the world has left us wanting to explore our planet a little more. And [...]

Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Theatres

I’m very excited about this week’s contribution to Fantastic Fiction for Kids! It comes from (did you manage to guess?) none other than James Mayhew, author and illustrator of the Katie series (including Katie’s Picture Show, Katie in London, and Katie and the Sunflowers, which I reviewed here) as well as numerous other books.
When I [...]

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