Playing by the book

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

The magic of balloons

One of the contributors to last week’s popular post 50+ picture books every child should be read was an author/illustrator much enjoyed in our home – Tim Hopgood. One of the very fist books I reviewed on Playing by the book was his award winning Here Come’s Frankie, which is still the book I pick [...]

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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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What does Christmas mean to your kids?

Woo hoo! Since writing my last post it has snowed properly! The kids are thrilled, the sledge is getting daily use and the delight in the snow hasn’t yet worn off M and J have also had their first Christmas presents of the season – the evening of December the 5th is traditionally when (“good”) [...]

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