Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Shapes, Sorted
The idea behind Watch This! A book about making shapes is simple, but brilliant.
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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…
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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.
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P.S. A bit more plastic
Spurred by our reading on plastic, we took a trip to see Plasticology
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Storm in the City
This is such a joyful poetic read aloud, an outpouring of words that feel good and sound good to say.
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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…
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Reading EVERYTHING
My son now often demands that, as part of the bed time reading ritual, we read absolutely ALL of the book.
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This Guy
Given that grandparents have been having it very tough these past months, it is the right time to celebrate their many wonders.
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Library Day
Saturday was the first day for months that we spent time in a library.
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Here we go…
It’s been a complicated few years. But through it all, reading with our two kids (now 6 and nearly 4) has been the most uncomplicated pleasure.
Got any book recommendations?
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