Playing by the book

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

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 [...]

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Exploring the world

Last month I read an author interview at one of my favourite book blogs, Saffron Tree. It was with an author/illustrator I had not previously heard of, James Rumford, but I was so excited by the sound of his work that I immediately tracked down what books of his I could. The first one to [...]

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Finding our way – Nonfiction Monday

As you read this M, J and I are actually somewhere on route to my parents for a few days (the schools are on holiday this week). Given that we shall be travelling quite a lot this week, it seems appropriate that my offering today for Nonfiction Monday is As the Crow Flies: A First [...]

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