Inspiring reluctant readers in the classroom
24 January 2012 – 11:08 am | No Comment

Welcome back to the Tidy Books blog – it’s great to see you here again.I’ve written previously about helping reluctant readers and last month a local school asked if I could help out with their …

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‘It Must Be Somewhere’ | Original Poems for Kids
17 January 2012 – 10:09 am | One Comment
‘It Must Be Somewhere’ | Original Poems for Kids

It Must Be Somewhere
It must be somewhere, it must, it must
It’s not that I’ve lost it – it’s really just
I got it
And then I forgot it
I put it down here, I’m sure I did
It’s not …

Christmas Angels | Original Poems for Kids
13 December 2011 – 10:26 pm | No Comment
Christmas Angels | Original Poems for Kids

Christmas Angels
On Christmas morning at seven o’clock
Our Gran came downstairs and she got a great shock
As the house was so quiet! So peaceful! So still!
And she said ‘Goodness gracious! Are all those kids ill?’
And she …

The ‘dead-tree’ book experience is crucial for building a love of reading in children
7 December 2011 – 11:27 am | No Comment
The ‘dead-tree’ book experience is crucial for building a love of reading in children

Giving a child a love for reading is a gift that involves more than a story.  The texture, size and turning pages are parts of the experience of reading, and what are in important part …

Win a Tidy Books bookcase! With blogger Life is a Sandcastle
1 December 2011 – 10:23 pm | No Comment
Win a Tidy Books bookcase! With blogger Life is a Sandcastle

If you’ve ever wondered about how easy it is to assemble one of our bookcases, then look no further.  Mom and blogger, Life is a Sandcastle reviewed and put together the Tidy Books bookcase, along …

Kids Book Review | Zoe’s Christmas List by Chloe and Mick Inkpen
29 November 2011 – 9:37 am | No Comment
Kids Book Review | Zoe’s Christmas List by Chloe and Mick Inkpen

As the winter nights draw in and the sparkly lights go up, conversations with kids start to turn to Christmas and Santa Claus.  If the excitement is building in your house, reading a story about …

Original poems for kids! New and exclusive to the Tidy Books blog
22 November 2011 – 1:40 pm | One Comment
Original poems for kids! New and exclusive to the Tidy Books blog

We have a brand new regular slot on the Tidy Books blog with poet, Elli Woollard, and we’re really chuffed because her poems for kids and and the young at heart, are funny observances of …

Holiday season giveaways!
7 November 2011 – 2:26 pm | One Comment
Holiday season giveaways!

As the holiday season is approaching fast, its a great time to enter our two latest giveaways:
Win a Tidy Books Bookcase hosted by blogger Two Classy Chics. Shelly reviewed the bookcase with her 3 year …

Is a book or magazine an Ipad that doesn’t work?
19 October 2011 – 2:45 pm | No Comment
Is a book or magazine an Ipad that doesn’t work?

We think this adorable baby would know exactly what to do with a bookcase!  She already knows what to do with an ipad, and wants to interact with magazines/computers, books even.  If you’ve not seen …

A very Fudgy tale: Kids book review
18 October 2011 – 2:33 pm | One Comment
A very Fudgy tale: Kids book review

My three year old has a strong attachment to soft, cuddly (toy) animals, and carries armfuls around the house, and so when we were invited to review the Fudgy Bear books, I knew there was …

History Keepers: Book review preview and online game for kids
13 October 2011 – 2:34 pm | No Comment
History Keepers: Book review preview and online game for kids

We’ll shortly be reviewing The History Keepers, a new series of books for young readers, aged from 9 upwards.  For anyone whose children are into Harry Potter or Horrible Histories, this will be one to …