Playing by the book

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

You’ll never guess who’s to blame…

Who gets blamed in your home when something goes missing? The cat? An invisible friend? In Ophelia Redpath‘s The Lemur’s tale funny goings-on in a quayside home of a slightly eccentric naturalist keep being blamed on the family’s only child. Little does the Family Laruby know that a mischievous lemur is actually to blame. Having [...]

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National Non-Fiction Day and the start of Picture Book Month

I’m celebrating twice over today! Here’s in the UK it is National Non-Fiction Day, an annual celebration, initiated by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups which aims to celebrate all that is brilliant about non-fiction and show that it’s not just fiction that can be read and enjoyed for pleasure. Today is also the launch [...]

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