'Spider Sandwiches' by Claire Freedman (Book Review)
As the title suggests 'Spider Sandwiches' is a truly digusting book about a rather foul little monster called Max and his 'monster' appetite! He's particularly fond of fisheye cheese, bug burgers,...
View Article'Penguin On Holiday' by Salina Yoon (Book Review)
'Penguin On Holiday' is without a doubt one of The Boy's most favourite books at the moment! And I have to say, he's not the only one who's found of reading it! One day Penguin wakes up and realises...
View Article'Florentine & Pig And The Lost Pirate Treasure' by Eva Katzler (Book Review)
This is an absolutely charming story that tells the tale of Florentine and her friend Pig. Imaginative and descriptive, it uses the good old fashioned medium of pretend play to help them both find...
View ArticleWhat's The Point Of A Bedtime Book?
For the past four years, since The Boy was six months old, we've had the same bedtime routine every night; no electronic devices or television from 5.30p.m. onwards, dinner, play a calming game,...
View Article10 Tips To Help Your Child When Reading A Book Together
It seems like listening to your child read a book should be simple: sit down together, and work through the text from the first page to the last. And in practise that is exactly what we've been doing...
View ArticleThe Holiday Book Selector (Sponsored Post)
How do you select your reading material for holidays? The idea of reading a themed book to suit the location of a holiday had never occurred to me until we were waiting in Heathrow for out flight to...
View ArticleHow To Make A Hidden Treasure Book
World Book Day may have fallen earlier this month, but when you have a four year old child who devours reading books at the rate of knots then every day is a book day! Seeing my son settle himself down...
View ArticlePersonalised Peppa Pig Book: 'My Mummy' (Review)
The Boy's obsession with Peppa Pig is showing no signs of fading, with sticker albums being bought from pocket money, and the excitement of April being the month of Peppa Pig on Nick Jnr. I can't tell...
View ArticleBooks We've Been Reading #1 (Aged 5 Years)
I wanted to share with you some of the picture and story books that we've recently been sent. As with most five year olds, The Boy loves reading books and there are some crackers in this batch,...
View Article'Tidy Books' Book Storage (Review & Giveaway)
I'm pretty sure that our home is like many other young families' homes all over Britain in that the vast majority of the children's toys and books are stored in a large, cuboid, storage system from a...
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