Robert the Rose Horse was my favourite, favourite, favourite childhood book in the world. I read it thousands of times and most nights I even slept with Robert (ha!). I’m pretty sure that aside from Joan Heilbroner’s rhythmic words, it was the idea of people being blown off their feet that completely had me –…
20 really good book series to tempt reluctant readers
I’ve been a reader from the moment I learned my ABCs, but some kids take quite a bit longer than that to catch on. Reading doesn’t seem to be for everyone. For instance, Cappers is a smart kid who reads well, but she very rarely picks up a book unless prompted. She’d rather spend her…
6 more books that make creativity explode
Yesterday I shared my top 6 books for bigger kids and today it’s the little kids’ turn. There is no doubt that we are living in an era filled with marvellous stuff for kids and books are absolutely leading the way. As my children have grown I have found myself having to resist buying little kid…
6 books that make creativity explode
Instead of screens today, why not… read a book that charges up creativity? Any kind of book is wonderful food for creative minds, but some books make kid’s creativity explode out of their heads. Or something like that. Over the years we’ve collected many of these books and my creative-sponge Cappers is the one that…
Kids’ books | Allison Rushby’s How to save the universe in 10 easy steps
I was sent a copy of Allison Rushby’s book to review (probably because she is my sister’s mate!) and it occurred to me that for a person as into books as I am, they don’t feature very often on my blog. I need to fix that! My whole family is into books. I grew up…