I’ve written previously about helping reluctant readers and last month a local school asked if I could help out with their own set of unwilling literacy students.
They told me they had a particular problem with …

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 …

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 …

We love comics.
You will always find a few in our Tidy Box.
As a parent to a young boy – one pretty reluctant to reading – I think comics are a fabulous way of engaging children …

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 …

Kids and reading is a topic which we are naturally enthusiastic about.  But, sometimes, children keep bringing you the most tedious book to read, which they clearly love.  Have you ever been tempted to hide …

There is genuine excitement in our house at the prospect of the 2011 Summer Reading Challenge; Circus Stars.  The seven year old, a veteran of previous challenges such as Space Hop and Quest Seekers,  looks …

It seems children, especially boys, reach an age where things that adults generally find vile, they suddenly think that they are incredibly amusing.
Take flatulence as an example.  The mention of trumping in this house now …

I enjoy reading.  I enjoy reading all sorts of books, but have never really understood the immense fuss surrounding the Harry Potter series.
The first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released in 1997 …

I spotted this one, quite by chance, when I was out looking for something else.  The unexpected things you find, are often the most interesting and striking.  And that is the case with this book, …