Articles by Ruth Duncan
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …


