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A Picture Book Party! 27 Aug 2013 | 04:30 am
Welcome, welcome! It’s lovely to see you! So very glad you could join the party today We’ll start off with a story (always an excellent place to start I believe!). Get comfy, and sit back and enjoy t...
Celebrating Dixie O’Day: An interview with Shirley Hughes and Clara Vulliamy 25 Aug 2013 | 04:40 am
Looking for a fictional location and characters for your kids to fall in love with? The sort they will want to meet and visit? The sort that they’ll want to hear more and more stories about? Yes? Wel...
Our Orkney Reading List Part 2 22 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
Whilst away on holiday we read not only books set in Orkney but also books with more tangential links to this heart-entrapping archipeligo of islands. Full of seaweed, flotsam and inspiration for bea...
Getting up close and personal with Julia Donaldson 19 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am
This summer, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is hosting a large, very entertaining exhibition all about the former Children’s Laureate, Julia Donaldson. It explores her life, her books, her illu...
Our Orkney Reading List Part 1 15 Aug 2013 | 01:53 pm
For our recent trip to Orkney I was looking for books we could enjoy as an entire family; limited space, and a desire for physical books meant I spent a long time choosing the books to take with us. T...
A holiday… but not from books! 13 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
For the last two week’s I’ve been on holiday in one of my very favourite places in the world, Orkney. An archipelago of islands just off the Northern coast of Scotland, my girls called it what I have ...
In the peace of the night 22 Jul 2013 | 01:01 pm
An exquisite exploration of the magic and mystery of night-time, Hannah’s Night by Komako Sakai (translated by Cathy Hirano) is a soothing exploration of the peace, calm, and quiet that can be found i...
When it all adds up to a 5* book 18 Jul 2013 | 10:50 am
Abigail by Catherine Rayner is a gentle, joyous book about friendship, counting and enjoying the natural beauty all around us. Abigail, a giraffe, simply loves adding up her numbers but keeps encount...
Be a world record breaker! 16 Jul 2013 | 05:06 pm
In celebration of the lovely picture book The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb Pan Macmillan Children’s Books are looking for people to help make the world’s LONGEST EVER chain of paper...
The Interactive art book plus 90+ publicly displayed masterpieces of art which feature in children’s books 15 Jul 2013 | 04:04 am
Holidays are on the horizon and we’ll definitely be making the most of the full days to visit a few museums and art galleries. To get our eye in, we’ve recently been really enjoying The Interactive Ar...
