Second-hand stories: Amos and Boris by William Steig
The story surges with great big feelings
Funny money
If you’re after a book which teaches children the art of sensible saving DON’T reach for Charlotte’s Piggy Bank
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.
Plastic Primers: Four and a bit books about Plastic
We’re three weeks into Plastic Free July! Oh yes! How are you getting on? This month is an intimidating call to action for anyone…
Reading EVERYTHING
My son now often demands that, as part of the bed time reading ritual, we read absolutely ALL of the book.
