Playing by the book

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

Waterfall-Water-Wall

Normally it happens here on Playing by the book that we come across a book that we love and then we find a way to “play” the book, but occasionally it happens the other way round. A couple of months back I saw this amazing water wall at Let the children play, and soon after [...]

Fish feet…

With J’s current fish obsession we’re on the look out for books about fish at the moment. One Smart Fish by Chris Wormell was a chance find when we were visiting the Natural History Museum a few weeks back – it’s not a book I had previously heard of – but it’s now definitely one [...]

Buckets of imagination

Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray, illustrated by Garry Parsons is both a wonderful celebration of the power of imagination and a warning to parents who do not take their children’s creativity seriously!
All Billy wants for his birthday is a bucket. Not a bike or a computer game. Just a bucket. His parents try unsuccessfully to [...]

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