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Our house has been taken over by chocolate fever, and it shows no sign of abating. Sweeties are causing a rumpus, chewing gum has elicited gasps of excitement and you can’t even imagine the delights caused by gobstoppers… It’s not the Christmas leftovers that are driving my children mad, though – it’s a lot more…
I quite often get asked to review books for children. Books that are written for children, I mean – I don’t get kids coming up to me in libraries asking me to summarise ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ – that would be silly. No, I often get asked whether authors can send me a copy of their…
Next weekend (Sunday the 11th of May, to be precise) the ‘Hoo’s Kids Book Festival’ is taking place just outside London – and to celebrate, I’ve been given a great prize to offer up to you guys. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know how close children’s literacy is to my heart…
I’ve written many times about my enjoyment at reading books with my children. Not just because I enjoy telling them tales, making silly voices and making them laugh either – my love of bedtime story-time is important to me for two big reasons. Firstly, I’m passionate about making sure my children enjoy reading as a…
Whilst reading Robert his bedtime stories tonight, I chanced across a new book which we’d not read before. As Sara often gets books out from our local library, we try to mix the newly-lent books in with our more regular favourites – if for no other reason than to avoid the tedium! Tonight’s book was…