Reluctant readers and creative creatures

When asked for advice on getting reluctant readers eager to stick with a book, I often suggest trying an “instruction book”, whether that be a cookery book, an activity guide, a craft book or indeed a genuine instruction manual. Instruction books have a inbuilt purpose; sometimes reluctant readers are just that because they can’t see [...]

On Eating books

I can’t resist any longer… I’ve just got to let you know that the International Edible Book Festival returns to Playing by the book next month, even bigger and better thank last year (which was already pretty spectacular ) The official announcement with all the details of how you can enter, wherever you are in [...]

A dazzle of books..?

A plague of locusts… A pride of lions… A flock of sheep… But what do you call a collection of books about collective nouns? A brilliance? A giggle? A talent? When it comes to the set published by PatrickGeorge, all of the above could apply. A filth of starlings, A drove of bullocks, A crackle [...]

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