Three Moving Stories
Moving house is a big pain, both in the backside and, of course, in the heart.
Book Survivors
Which book has the honour of being the most trashed in your children's collection?
Cat on the Moon
This books does not tell readers what to think or what to feel. But it certainly prompts a lot of thinking and feeling.
Second-hand stories: Amos and Boris by William Steig
The story surges with great big feelings
Thinking left and right
Reading might not be the number one means of learning your left from your right, this book certainly gets readers thinking why it matters
Ten things to love about ten tiny things
It’s a book about being in the world enough to notice things
Shapes, Sorted
The idea behind Watch This! A book about making shapes is simple, but brilliant.
Fear and Other Stories
More than ever, the idea of setting out to frighten your kids on purpose feels plain wrong. But scary stories have their uses…
The Power of now (by Antoinette Portis)
There have been scores of recent publications introducing mindfulness to kids. now by Antoinette Portis might just be the best of all.
P.S. A bit more plastic
Spurred by our reading on plastic, we took a trip to see Plasticology
Storm in the City
This is such a joyful poetic read aloud, an outpouring of words that feel good and sound good to say.
