Playing by the book

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

Kids’ Classics and Cream Cakes

How do you define a “classic”? Does it have to be an old book? Is it one that remains fresh and meaningful despite the passage of years? We can all point to books we’d call classics, but is there a set of common characteristics? I’ve definitely been mulling these questions over recently (with help from [...]

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Cooking together with pens and pencils

Here’s a great recipe for a contented, creative family meal: Ingredients 1 brilliantly inventive illustrator 1 set of pens / pencils / crayons of your choice 1 activity book 1 parent very busy cooking lots and lots with at least one child getting under their feet Instructions 1. Take a deep breath, stop snapping at [...]

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A real hoot of a book!

Since Easter I’ve been reading twice a week at M’s school to two classes of 5 and 6 year olds. The idea behind this was to create a time when the kids experienced reading and stories as something tremendously fun, and not just all about literacy and the nuts and bolts of phonics. Choosing books [...]

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