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Julia Donaldson

Paper Dolls at the New Wolsey studio in Ispwich.

15th December 2015 by Jax Blunt 1 Comment

Another day, another theatre.   This time we were at New Wolsey studio in Ispwich, for an early years homeed group trip to Paper Dolls, based on the story by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb. The illustrations hugely influence this production, featuring the paper dolls (Ticky and … [Read more...] about Paper Dolls at the New Wolsey studio in Ispwich.

Filed Under: Book club, tigerboy Tagged With: home education, Julia Donaldson, New Wolsey, paper dolls, puppets, Rebecca Cobb, theatre

300 picture books wk 3. Or thereabouts

26th January 2015 by Jax Blunt 2 Comments

Continuing our 300 picture book trek - another good week, including our first library visit. Last week we got up to 23 books, this week we're totalling 35. Bubble trouble UFO diary. Satoshi Kitamura Books always everywhere @nosycrow The littlest dinosaur … [Read more...] about 300 picture books wk 3. Or thereabouts

Filed Under: 2015, 300 Picture books, Book club Tagged With: 300PBs, Eric Carle, Julia Donaldson, picture book reading, Polly Dunbar, Satoshi Kitamura

Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour

12th May 2014 by Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

For anyone who hasn't read widely on my blog, a quick heads up - I love books. I can see the rest of you shaking heads with a no, really? kind of look ;) I also love sharing books with my children. (That wasn't news either was it?) As well as all of that, I love meeting authors. Long before … [Read more...] about Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour

Filed Under: sponsored, the public face Tagged With: Chae Strathie, Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman, Nicola Davies, Scottish Booktrust, Scottish Friendly Children's Book tour

300 picture books week 9

3rd March 2014 by Jax Blunt 6 Comments

lots of bedtime reading this week, mainly of library books. The patternis often that one new one is read and then a couple from previous evenings are repeated. So this week included: Zoo - Anthony Browne. I'm sure this is supposed to be thought provoking. I found it unpleasantly disturbing. One … [Read more...] about 300 picture books week 9

Filed Under: Book club Tagged With: 300PBs, Anthony Browne, Babette Cole, Julia Donaldson

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