Book review: Sparkle’s Song and The Fearsome Beastie
Reviews of two lovely picture books from Maverick Books – Sparkle’s Song and The Fearsome Beastie.
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Guilty reading pleasures
There are some books that, while I bury myself in them, I feel somewhat wrong or sordid in doing so. (No, it’s not porn, sorry!) Thirty years ago that was Mills & Boon, twenty years ago it was Jilly Cooper and these days it’s Catherine Alliott.
Winner of the Chris Haughton Oh No, George! print
Congratulations to Maddy, who has won the fabulous Chris Haughton print.
Guest Post – Joanne Mallon, author of Toddlers: An instruction Manual
Today I have a guest post from Joanne Mallon, who’s book, Toddlers: An instruction manual has recently been published by Nell James Publishers (also available on Kindle). Joanne is a freelance parenting journalist, a life and career coach and a parent of two. The book offers parenting tips from parents …
Children’s books about books and reading
I was reading The Tickety Tale Teller to LaLa last night and it always gives me a warm glowing feeling, because at its centre are reading and books and being read to and how wonderful these all are. Then I wondered what other children’s books there are about reading and …
My Phonics Kit from Oxford University Press
My Phonics Kit is a pack from Oxford University Press for parents to help their children with phonics and which ties into the new Year 1 Phonics Test (see last week’s Sunday Reading post for my concerns about the test). My Phonics Kit contains three workbooks (Kipper’s Phonics Workbook, Chip’s Phonics …
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
The Year 1 phonics screening check will see children reading 40 words to their teacher to test their grasp on phonics.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
I read a few articles and blog posts about Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother when it was causing so much controversy in the US. And I admit to feeling outrage at many of the incidents and attitudes described. But, like many of the authors of these pieces, …
Oliver Jeffers’ Lost and Found Pop-up
We love Oliver Jeffers here. My dad bought RoRo How to Catch a Star when we were on a day trip to Weston-super-Mare a few years ago. Reading it always brings tears to my eyes. Because it’s such a lovely story, but also because it has the added effect of …
Would you pay for a masterclass in writing?
I’ve started buying The Guardian on a Saturday again and for the most part actually finding the time to read it (though usually it does take me a few days – hence my only buying one paper a week). Interestingly, before Eleanor was born, when I was reading it regularly, …
