Playing by the book

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

Inspiring a future storyteller

I’ve been itching to review The Beasties by Jenny Nimmo, illustrated by Gwen Millward ever since we discovered it at the start of the year. It’s one of those books that we’ve renewed the maximum times possible from the library because we just can’t let it go. Daisy has moved house and is finding it [...]

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When is it ok to teach your kid to kill animals?

If you were reading Playing by the book earlier in the week, you might be concerned where this post is going. Let me assure you, M’s game of burying dead animals has not reached such heights she is now looking to create her own supply of animals in need of funerals. No, nothing of this [...]

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Winter warmers – 2

Today’s pick for 5 minutes of fun, peaceful and inspiring reading comes in the form of Paper Tigers‘ June edition, all about “How Children Play Around the World“. To be fair, there’s much for than 5 minutes worth of reading – but this edition is jam packed full of wonderful articles and book suggestions. I’m [...]

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