Fantastic Fiction for Kids – Houses and Homes

This week’s books for Fantastic Fiction for Kids have been selected by Kelly who writes a blog called We Are Here, about homeschooling and family life, with plenty of creativity and books thrown in to the mix. Some recent posts of hers that I’ve particularly enjoyed are this one one about investigative science and digestion (..!) and this one about welcoming a piano into the family home.

We like this because it is a peep through story which causes much amusement, and it has a nice message about how some times you will want more but actually, what you have is just fine. I love the Eric Carle-esque illustrations.

This has to have some of the loveliest and most detailed illustrations I’ve ever seen. The story is sweet and for an unknown reason brings a lump to my throat! It has also inspired lots of role play games of living inside the snail house (which is normally the corner of the sitting room behind a chair.)

Whose House? By Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
This is a lift the flap book. For obvious reasons, books with some interaction are very popular with my boys in particular. There can be arguments over whose turn it is next though, so not always great 🙂 This book is great because of the wide variety of architecture in it. This has turned into a game when we are in the car of “let’s see if we can find a house like Cinderella’s” etc.