Gift ideas: favourite children’s christmas books
Gift ideas for Christmas, introducing our favourite children’s christmas books for younger children through to chapter books
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Books to inspire 7-11 year old reluctant readers
*Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links Mention World book day and many parents sigh with having to organise or make costumes (unless your child is like N who so far has refused to dress up each year). In our…
Fun alternative advent calendar ideas with Scholastic
Try an alternative advent calendar rather than traditional chocolate, with ideas from pimping your own candles to a book calendar
I-Spy books – the activity book relaunch
When I was a child I had an i-spy book of horses. I loved that little book, having been bought it at Banbury Museum just after moving to the area. I didn’t really manage to tick off many of the…
Discovering spaces and planes with Shine-a-light books – giveaway
We’ve not done any book reviews for a while. We’re still both reading – I completed my 2015 52 book challenge back in October, and N’s still loving his books. Now phonics teaching has started, I’m expecting him to be…
Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere – getting ready for Halloween
Apart from books from school, we’ve not had many new books for N recently. I think he’s generally really happy with repeating the rest of the books he has already. But we were sent Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere as our next…
Spot a Lot Animals jigsaw and book from Parragon Books
We’ve not done any book reviews for a while. It’s mostly because N’s not being interested in new books – he just wants us to read Biff and Chip. Oh, how I wish I’d never bought the set for him….
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Book lover style with Roald Dahl cushions from House of Fraser – giveaway
I have to admit our house is a tad on the unfinished side (and has been since before I moved in 13 years ago). I love looking at stylish houses, but just never have the impetous to do it in…
Learn to fasten with Zip It by Patricia Hegarty
I was looking forward to receiving this Zip It hardback book from Little Tiger Press, written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Fhiona Galloway. While it looks like a book for younger children, it’s aimed at 3-6 year olds, with…
The ideal book for a farmer’s son? Good little bad little pig
Our latest Book Buddy read from Parragon Books is Good little bad little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown, and illustrated by Loretta Schauer. I thought this book would appeal to N given the subject matter. The story is about a…
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Personalised books with Penwizard
I remember being bought a personalised book when I was a child and loved reading how I and my friend helped Snow White and the 7 Dwarves save the day. I always thought it was magical being in a book…