Tag: picture books
A good picture book day
Yesterday I took the three youngest over to a home ed fencing session near Cambridge. A long way to go for a couple of hours, but we made the most of it with a visit to a nearby library for the little ones while Small was fencing, and then we spent the afternoon in a…
Off the shelf #100books
A few more round up reviews of books that we’ve had around for ages and I’ve read again to Smallest. The Whales’ Song is one of the batch of mini treasures that we picked up, but it’s also a book we’ve had for a while. It doesn’t seem like a first picture book somehow –…
Just like tonight #100Books
This was sent to us free of charge by Oxford University Press for our 100 books challenge. A lovely picture book, I think this will resonate on a deeper level with parents as the story revolves around Daddy Bear recalling the day Baby Bear was born in an effort to chase away a scary image…
Using our library for #100books
A challenge that is working to build a library overseas really ought to do more than nod at libraries here. We are not in an area where libraries are particularly threatened by the coming cuts as far as I can tell, but if we were, I’d be thinking hard about what I could do to…
Reading during rookie #100Books
Knowing that we’re just a bit behind (eek!) with our totals, I was quite pleased to see a pile of books on the table while waiting at the leisure centre during Big’s Rookie lifeguard on Thursday. So there you’ve got Splash, Amazing Machines Terrific Trains, Noddy and the Special Delivery Sound Book and Winnie the…
