Monday, 18 February 2013

#ReadItMD13 - Library Week and why libraries are luscious!

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Kensal Rise Children's Library, London We wanted to devote part of our #ReadItMD13 (Read It Mummies and Daddies 2013) campaign to li...

Spotlight on Hazel Nutt and "The Secret Life of Squirrels" trilogy

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It's something we've always wondered. What DO squirrels get up to when we're not looking? One minute they're ...
Friday, 15 February 2013

The Red Tree by Shaun Tan (Hodder Children's Books)

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We've previously expressed our love of anything Shaun Tan puts his hand to on the blog so amongst others on our wishlist ...

ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week, week ending Friday 15th February 2013 - "I Really Want To Eat A Child" by Sylviane Donnio and Dorothee De Monfried (Hodder Children's Books)

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Achilles the crocodile is grumpy. Achilles the crocodile is also very naughty. Achilles the crocodile does not want to eat ba...
Thursday, 14 February 2013

International Book Giving Day 2013

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So, International Book Giving Day is GO and there's some truly inspirational book giveaways going on. We decided we'd do our bit s...

Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten by Bob Graham (Walker Books)

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When a new family moves into a house next door to a huge sprawling rambling and overgrown wreck of a place, it's not long...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Stella Gurney and Lorna Freytag (Carlton Books)

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There's a huge surge of interest in the definitive works of L Frank Baum this year. I'm referring, of course, to his ...

A brilliant blog post on Book Giving Day over at Rhino Reads

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There's always something cool and booky going on over at Rhino Reads! Today is International Book Giving Day and what better way ...

The Wheels on the Bus by Jeanne Willis and Adam Stower (Barron's Educational Series)

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There comes a time when your darling children become the fount of all knowledge, and suddenly know EVERYTHING overnight. Not ...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013

A ReadItDaddy "Daddy" review of "The Last Policeman" by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

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The Last Policeman (Cover) As you have probably noticed, Daddy hijacks the blog now and again to post reviews of books that are distinct...