Children's books, YA, fiction at its finest
Today I challenged myself to spend the summer holidays sorting out my teetering piles of books; getting reacquainted with the ones at the back and trying to have a bit of a (gentle) cull by releasing a book a day. It hasn't entirely worked yet, as hunting through the piles has just made me realise... Continue Reading →
This week I'm taking Mollie to the library to sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge and then we'll have a booky picnic in the park and read each other stories. And I'm really looking forward to it! Last summer Mollie and I had a very booky summer holiday and this one is heading in... Continue Reading →
Children's books and art have a lot in common. Not just because the majority of children's books are highly illustrated and created by artists, but because the art and language work together to create a kind of theatre and immerse children in the world of the book. When they are immersed in this new world... Continue Reading →
Sharing is a tricky concept that all children have to learn to deal with at some point. It can be a very emotional lesson to learn and often children need a little help. Mine! by Jerome Keane and Susana De Dios is a bright, bold and stylish book that gently explores sharing through humour and... Continue Reading →
Oh, picture books! I really do love them! They give children so, so much... and then they just keep on giving. In my recent post about learning to read I begged parents/carers not to leave picture books behind when children are learning to read - or when they can read independently. Picture books still have... Continue Reading →
The dream team of Kes Gray and Lee Wildish have done it again with their new book Worries Go Away. Like their previous two books, this one should be in every school, library and children's centre. Mum and Dad Glue is the perfect book to support children and families through parental separation or divorce, Leave... Continue Reading →
Last night Mollie was reading an old finding out book about the body. She called me upstairs and asked "It says that when they grow up a man and a woman can live together and have a baby but it doesn't say that a woman and a woman can, or a man and a man... Continue Reading →
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