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Zoe — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:57:59 +0000

Last night I carried out a rather major update to Playing by the book and I’m not sure if those of you who subscribe via a feed are still getting my posts.

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And why am I telling you all of this? Well things are only getting better here on the blog. Next week sees the return of the International Postcard Swap for Families which will see hundreds of book recommendations flying around the world, and over the next few weeks I’ve got some really wonderful giveaways lined up…

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend

Gearing up

Zoe — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:10:13 +0000

Just a short post to say things will be a little quiet here this week – what with organising the postcard swap I’ve not been able to work on any regular posts for this week, so whilst on Thursday and Friday I’ll be posting all the blogs of those taking part in the swap, it will be next week when things get going properly here again. In the meantime, here are a couple of new kid lit blogs I’ve recently discovered and think are great:

Eat their words – children’s literature and cooking… a great combination!
Books Etc – a Belgian homeschooler with lots of book reviews and crafty activities

Have you discovered any new blogs about children’s literature recently that you’d like to share?

The Book Bus – could you donate a book this weekend?

Zoe — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:55:47 +0000

When I went to donate my £10 to The Book Bus as part of my giveaway I noticed that there was a call for donations of books, ready for the next shipment on April 22nd. In the words of The Book Bus:

We are in constant need of book donations for our buses in Zambia and Ecuador and we are currently trying to stock a third bus.

Please donate generously and please donate soon!

Next shipment to Africa: 22nd April 2010

Please read the guidelines below before donating. We only require new books or books in very good condition.

Please send all book donations to:

The Book Bus Foundation
The Ironyard
64-66 Market Place
Warwick
CV34 6HR
UK

Guidelines

Topics that work
* Animals
* Monsters/magic
* Rockets/stars/space
* Travelling
* School
* Adventures
* African story books

(Amazon.co.uk has an amazing range of African animal tales – cheap and colourful and the right level)

Types of books
* Pop ups
* Non fiction (primary level)
* We seriously need more non fiction – the Usbourne Beginners series is the sort of thing, Also atlases etc
* Colourful/lots of pictures
* Counting books

Level to aim at
* Primary level books
* For English kids age 5 to 10 ideally
* We don’t need any more baby books or novels

Topics to avoid
* Money
* Food
* Western customs eg Christmas / tooth fairy

Please consider sending them a book this weekend – there’s still enough time for the book to reach them using Amazon’s Super Saver delivery service.