300 Picture book challenge week 18
We’re now on week 18 of our picture book challenge, and yet again, I felt like we’ve not read much this week. So, much more outdoor play, and the only reading we’ve done has been just before bed. No snuggling…
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Win a selection of children’s picture books
I class myself as a fairly savvy shopper, especially when it comes to books. But even though I keep a record of the books we have, I have found several times that we’ve ended up with duplicates. This is obviously…
300 picture books challenge – week 16
Just a quick one this week as short on time. We’ve got through more books than I thought, and have now run out of new books, having read all the library books we borrowed as top speed, and have run…
300 picture book challenge week 15
I’m a bit late on our round up this week for the 300 picture book challenge. We’ve read about an average number of books, including library books, but we’re still going through old books like anything. There’s been lots of…
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Hold That Thought Milton! Book Buddy read
I love receiving picture books from Parragon books as they always seem to brighten your day when you open the envelope. The latest read for us was Hold That Thought Milton! By Linda Ravin Lodding. The name Milton reminds me…
300 picture book challenge – week 14
This round up of what we’ve been reading in week 14 of the 300 picture book challenge, does include a few stragglers that I’d forgotten to include last week. Much to my consternation there’ve been lots more Biff and Chip…
300 picture book challenge week 12
Moving nicely through the year and we’re onto week 12 of our 300 picture book challenge. We didn’t get through all of our library books this week, but exchanged them for some more anyway in the hope that N will…
How to Catch a Star 10th Anniversary – activities and giveaway
I initially picked up a second hand copy of How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers from a nearly new sale and it’s one of those lovely books that are so suitable for bedtime stories. I hadn’t realised it…
300 Picture book challenge – week 8
I’m a bit behind with my post this week, thanks to a few days away this weekend where wifi is pretty shocking (plus shock horror, I was without my laptop…tablet research and buying is in progress so I can be…
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Book review: There’s a Dinosaur in my Bathtub
We were sent There’s a Dinosaur in my Bathtub to review by Britmums. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know we love books, and this shoots right up near the top of the list for me. Even N was keen…
300 picture book challenge – week 7
I thought we’d not done very well this week with our picture book challenge, but totting up the numbers, we’ve notched up quite a few extra books. N wasn’t keen on his library books this week, so hopefully next week…