If your child isn't keen on reading, the prospect of reading about pants, poo, worms, bogeys and all manner of gross stuff that kids love, might be enough to tip the balance. One of my kids didn't pick up a book for pleasure until he was seven.
It's tough for him, he lives in a house with four bibliophiles,...
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Once Upon a Star
Once Upon a Star by James Carter and Mar Hernandez calls itself 'a poetic journey through space' and I love it.
A picture book written in narrative verse, all about how the universe formed and our world came to be? Beautiful artwork and eye-pleasing graphics? The Big Bang in a book for pre-schoolers?...
Friday, 6 April 2018
'My name is Leon' by Kit de Waal
'My name is Leon' is a wonderful story about a nine year old mixed-race child in the foster care system. It should be required reading for anyone who is thinking of fostering or supporting families who foster. We enter Leon's world as he's struggling to come to terms with his identity and almost...