Whoop, whoop, it’s Papery Peep time! Come and share your paper with me! This is a monthly linky, part of my #BringBackPaper series. This month, I’ll update you on my Read Write Create challenge, but first, some new acquisitions… OK, I may, may have popped into Paperchase again. I’m starting to think I should take out shares …
I make no secret of the fact that I like paper here. I read a fair bit, and I like to hold a book in my hands to do so, an actual book. And I really can’t see that changing. Now don’t get me wrong, I can see the appeal of a Kindle. The ability …
We’ve recently received Salina Yoon’s latest picture book, Stormy Night… Stormy Night by Salina Yoon When thunder shakes his house and rain pounds the windows, Bear is frightened. But comforting his Mama, Papa and Floppy helps make the storm seem not as scary. Before Bear knows it, the storm has passed, because even storms need …
This is a collaborative post It’s Wednesday which means it’s a #BringBackPaper day here! If you missed last week’s, do pop and take a look as it includes this year’s activities and details of the Read Write Create challenge, along with this month’s Happy Mail project. Today I’m asking, have you read the Harry Potter books, …
Ooh, a fresh new year of #BringBackPaper! I love, love, love this series, as I suspect you can tell. If you’re new to #BringBackPaper, I’d say the big thing that I’d like people to understand is that it’s for everyone, not just a bloggers link-up. It’s about getting more paper (pretty paper, not boring emails …
When this new book arrived, I just knew that it was going to be one that Boo and I enjoyed.. Wanted: Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burgler by Emily MacKenzie Some rabbits dream about lettuces and carrots, others dream of flowering meadows and juicy dandelions, but Ralfy dreams only of books. In fact, he doesn’t just dream …
(Guest Post) As winter nights draw in and storybooks start to appear in many Christmas stockings, Mark O’Donnell, the new headmaster of St Martin’s Ampleforth, the prep school at Ampleforth College has provided some top tips on reading with young children. Mark says, “Unlocking a child’s imagination through reading enriches their vocabulary and gives them …
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We were recently sent a lovely new picture book, Snappy Birthday…. Snappy Birthday One day an invitation Came to number 24. It was from a next-door neighbour Who they’d never met before. The children can’t wait – a birthday party? What fun! But their next-door neighbour is not all he seems. For starters, there’s his …
When I was offered the chance to review a Tidy Books Children’s Bookcase, I literally jumped at it. We are readers here, and encouraging my children to read and get enjoyment from books is hugely important to me. I’d seen Tidy Books kids book storage before, and thought the products looked absolutely gorgeous. The business was …
Last year the kids bought me my very favourite item of jewellery, a bookcase necklace. I adore it. It tells people something about me as soon as I meet them, and I don’t mind people knowing that I like books! When I wear it, it always gets comments, and as I’ve a suspicion that it …
Miffy is celebrating her 60th birthday next year and ahead of this milestone, the rhyming texts of Bruna’s classic stories are being refreshed for a modern British audience by the award winning poet Tony Mitton. We were offered some Miffy books to review and share with you, and it was only then that I realised …
I’m thinking it’s about time to get a few fresh #BringBackPaper activities started up. If you’re new to Bring Back Paper, you can read a little background about it here. I thought we’ll get cracking with a few things which should see us through to the end of November. I’m pretty confident that in December, there’ll …
The children have been absolutely spoiled recently, having received several new books, so this is what we’ve been reading….. Boo has moved onto largely having chapter books for her bedtime story now, so most of these have gone into Little Man’s room. That said, she has of course read them all a few times and I notice …
We’ve been having a little fun again, based around a picture book we’ve been enjoying. And this one’s a favourite of mine… What the Ladybird Heard This one’s popular with Little Man because he likes farms and animals, rhyming’s always fun to listen to, and he loves spotting the ladybird on each page, as his …
Following on from last week’s Papery Peep, I’m pleased to say that I’m totally back into my reading groove, thanks to Eloisa James and plenty of re-reads, and I’m about to start a new book tonight, too. The only problem is that my desire to read is now kind of surpassing all else, so blogging …
We’ve been enjoying reading Bubble Trouble this week… Bubble Trouble by Tom Percival Rueben and Felix are best friends, and what they like doing best . . . is blowing bubbles – the bigger, the better! It all starts to go wrong when Rueben challenges Felix to a bubble-blowing competition. When they sabotage each other’s …
