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Jax Blunt
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As mentioned earlier, we got a really good haul of non fiction books from our local Red Cross shop on Sunday. They are forming a large part of our current curriculum 😉 so I thought I’d list them out here for the record.

What Do You Know About Science and Technology?: Over 101 Questions and Answers

Plants and Animals: 101 Questions and Answers (What Do You Know About?)

What Do You Know About Earth and Space?: Over 101 Questions and Answers

Life Finds Its Feet (Cartoon History of the Earth)

Insects (Look Out!)

Amazing Mammals (Amazing Worlds)

Amazing Spiders (Amazing Worlds)

Birds of Prey (Wild, Wild World)

Birds of Prey (Nature Watch)

and slightly oddly

Trucks and Diggers (My First Book of Questions & Answers). Think that might be the first one to go back to the shop 😉 (Unless anyone we are seeing soon would like it instead?)

For two quid, I thought that was a pretty good haul. If they get used for a month and then some or all of them go back to the shop, it’ll be no bad thing. We don’t really need to build up major stocks of books – we need to get books out of the garage and get rid of some of them! But right atm, most of our books are in the garage, so supplementing what we’ve got around with charity shop finds is working well for us.

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5 responses to “Red cross resources”

  1. Jan avatar
    Jan

    Not much info on the amazon page about your trucks and diggers book 🙂 . Do you think Jasper would like it?
    .-= Jan´s last blog ..Several surprises =-.

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  2. Jax avatar
    Jax

    It doesn’t have tractors in it, but he was who I was thinking of. Does he like other big vehicles?

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  3. Jan avatar
    Jan

    Pretty much anything with wheels, but definitely trucks more than cars. He already has quite a lot of truck books, but I’m sure we can find room for another one. 🙂
    .-= Jan´s last blog ..Several surprises =-.

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  4. Allie avatar
    Allie

    Charity shops can be fantastic. Leo bought a blown ostrich egg for £1 last week!
    .-= Allie´s last blog ..Consent and the Ticky Boxy World =-.

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  5. nigel avatar
    nigel

    I *really* need to sort out our books, I must admit I have a fetish for books!!!! but hate to get rid of them, just in case they come in useful one day!!! lol

    Reply

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