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Book review: Jack & Boo’s Bucket of Treasures

Jack and Boo are characters created by family publishing team, Philip and Eleanor Bell. Their first book takes them to the beach, and on an adventure to discover hidden treasures. The Beachy Books website explains what ...

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We’re reading.. “Sing a Song of Bottoms” by Jeanne Willis and Adam Stower

If your kids get the giggles at the mention of bottoms, then ‘Sing a Song of Bottoms’ could provide the comedy in your home library. This is a cheeky romp of a book, with a ...

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Introducing The Home Buddy

We at Tidy Books are proud to introduce to you The Home Buddy. A stylish and simple product that makes storage of those things liable to fall from a traditional shelf easy and secure. Originally designed ...

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Summer reading lists

Will you be putting together a summer reading list? It is certainly amongst my to-do items, and I shall also be casting my attention to my son’s summer reading soon. Reading throughout the impending school holidays can ...

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Children’s reading initiatives

Although I believe, as parents, we must take on the responsibility of garnishing our children’s love of reading there are plenty of organisations and initiatives that can aid us. Here is a list of a few ...

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We’re reading…”Wendel’s Workshop” by Chris Riddell

There’s interesting message in ‘Wendel’s Workshop’: Tidy up, but not too much. It’s a message that appears to have resonated with both of my children. This book is a re-read and returned to favourite with the ...

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Using the World Cup as a learning aid

Everywhere you look there is news from the World Cup. It is unavoidable whether you love or loathe football. I am somewhere in the middle of those two groups. I enjoy watching football, and usually a ...

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Book review: Wake Up! by Katie Cleminson

As we invariably leave our daily reading as a treat at bedtime, I like books that end with its characters going to bed themselves. It puts my boy in the right mood for a good ...

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Bribing your children to read

Raising a reader is the wish and hope of millions of parents, but what is the best way to incentivise your children to read? This is something I’ve thought about a lot, probably too much, as ...

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Book review: Secret Seed Society

I was excited to receive some books from the Secret Seed Society for review. We have very much enjoy growing vegetables in our garden, and books that link in to gardening are always going to be ...

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Who is dictating the bedtime reading?

Virtually every night we are at home, I stand with my son at his Tidy Books bookcase, and we set about choosing what books we are going to read. Sometimes this is a very quick process, ...

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We’re reading “Don’t dip your chips in your drink, Kate”

If it’s the case in your home, as it in ours, that table manners have become a contentious subject, then you may be interested in stories about behaving at the table. Suddenly, it seems, the ...

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Positive distraction from reading

In my last blog post, about how children like to imitate adults, and how therefore I have made a conscious effort to read by example, I wrote about why I think I was reading very ...

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Being a model reader

As a parent looking to instil a strong love of books in my child, I am always open eared to the ideas and practices of others. It is reassuring when you do read ideas, and pick ...

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Whose childhood is it anyway?

Have you ever started a conversation with your child with the words; ‘When I was a kid’? I would love to know if it is limited as a British colloquialism, but it does very much seem ...

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Reading for pleasure, not by pressure

As a parent, a parent of a child in his first year of school, my role for encouraging his reading has come under closer self-scrutiny. I have always wondered how I can affect my son’s potential ...

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We’re reading… ‘Gorilla’ by Anthony Browne

This is a sad, dark story, about a lonely girl called Hannah, who longs for her dad to notice her. It’s not your average pre-school book, but it shouldn’t be overlooked. ‘Gorilla’ invites an emotional ...

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Alice in Wonderland winner

During our successful showing at the Harrogate Nursery Fair last month, we invited people who visited our stand, to enter a book giveaway. As well as demonstrating our beautiful children’s bookcases, and our other inventive products, ...

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Are bedtime stories really in decline?

A recent tabloid headline got our attention. ‘Half of all parents too busy to read a bedtime story to children’ Read the article headline, published earlier this month in the Daily Mail. The story was based on ...

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Book Review: George and Flora’s Secret Garden

When reviewing children’s books, particularly as I tend to review those aimed at first readers, and earlier, I can get a little clouded and perhaps, occasionally, lose sight of the fact that I am not ...

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Should children’s books come with warnings?

When I am about to read a book, I am often torn by the amount of information I want to know before embarking on reading it. And what I mean by that, is how much ...

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Harrogate Nursery Fair 2010

Starting this weekend, the Harrogate Nursery Fair 2010 is set to be the biggest yet. There are huge ranges of products covered that are all suitable for the nursery age range, from newborns to four-year-olds, and ...

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We’re reading…”Hold on tight, Stripy Horse” and “Monster Day at Work”

Stripy Horse returns for another adventure inside the bric a brac shop, when the magic picture on the wall starts to rain, creating a river that threatens to wash Stripy Horse and his friends away. ...

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We have our final winner

Thanks to everyone who entered our Tidy Box giveaway, we were overwhelmed with the response, and the positive comments we received about this product, and some of our others. The winning entry this time was from ...

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Book Review: Dog Loves Books

There is something quite magical about a hardback book, a mystique that only grows, in my humble opinion, when the book in question is a children’s book. So when Random House sent us Dog Loves Books ...

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Do boys need more encouragement than girls?

A major study of what children are reading, has yielded some surprising, or perhaps unsurprising results. Some 100,000 children, aged between 5 and sixteen were part of a study commissioned by Renaissance Learning, headed by Professor ...

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Is limiting reading a good idea?

We are encouraged to read to our children, and have them read back, as much as is physically possible. The many benefits, to both child, and parent, are so obvious they probably do not need ...

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Tidy Books World Book Day Giveaway

To celebrate the upcoming World Book Day, and the launch of our brand new looking blog, we are giving away three, yes, three of our fabulous Tidy Books Tidy Boxes. - Comes with play clock, which can be ...

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We’re reading…”The Terrible Plop” by Ursula Dubosarsky

What is the ‘Terrible Plop’? It was, to be frank, the title that caught my eye, but, really, the story is not about what the plop actually is, but how it can look pretty silly ...

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Will your children end up loving or loathing reading?

I keep banging on about how much I want my child to enjoy reading, but ultimately I am not really sure how much of an impact I can have on another person’s likes and loves, ...

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National Storytelling Week

The Society for Storytelling is currently in the midst of running its annual ‘National Story Telling Week’. This initiative is in its tenth year, and was set up to promote the ancient art of storytelling, an ...

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Book Review: Tortoise Vs Hare: THE REMATCH

Going near a classic tale, or fable, taking it from your children’s bookcase, and doing anything other than reading it, is always going to be a tricky business. Children’s stories, classics, those laced with subtle, and ...

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We’re reading…”We’re Going on a Picnic!” by Pat Hutchins

This story is a children’s classic, from the author of the very classic “Rosie’s Walk” written in 1968; so classic that you may remember it from your own childhood. “We’re Going on a Picnic!” published ...

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Who needs children’s book authors when we have children themselves?

The answer to that, is we all do, bless their very existence, but I hope by reading on, you will get my point. Like many other parents, it seems I am constantly pulling at the few ...

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Book Review: A Child’s Book of Faeries

Over to Pat (of Tidy Books) and her six year-old daughter, for a review of; ‘A Child’s Book of Faeries’. This is a collection of Faery stories in the broadest sense. There are poems and fictional stories, ...

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What funny things have you said to your children?

Speaking in public, while something I have always been quite competent at, has been something I have loathed doing, even back since my school days. People who know me would argue that I do like to ...

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We’re reading…’Tip tip, dig dig’ by Emma Garcia

The choice for this month’s review was made for me by my two year-old, who is gripped by an obsession with this book. We picked it up in the library last week, and have read ...

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An annual ritual?

When I was a child, the Christmas season would induce several rituals, as I am sure it does, or did, for the rest of the country’s children. There were obviously such things as the school play, ...

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Do you need words to learn to read?

When I became a parent I instantly became excited about the prospect of reading to my child. The harsh, yet joyous arrival of a newborn, quickly established to me that I would not be reading to ...

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Book review: Jim by Hilaire Belloc and illustrated by Mini Grey

Be careful of the lions. That was the warning that I heeded, but sadly Jim did not. Mine came from a representative of Random House, and I was of course delighted to receive a review copy of; ...

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Can you make reading a game?

I often read about how we should be encouraged, and encouraging of others, to find a love of reading. The means and methods appear unimportant. If you can engage people with, and get them to enjoy ...

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We’re reading…’Tabby McTat’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Tabby McTat is Fred the busker’s cat “with a miaow that is loud and strong.” Picture man, cat and guitar yowling in harmony! The latest story, from ‘The Gruffalo’ creators, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler ...

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So who is writing this stuff about children’s bookcases?

I’m Ian, and the smaller guy you can see in the picture is my son, Max. I’m a 32 year-old freelance writer and parenting blogger. I first came into contact with Tidy Books when I ordered one of ...

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The Tidy Books Children’s Bookcase Wins Gold

As we may have mentioned previously, we think our products are great, however it is always wonderful to learn that we are not the only ones that think so. Our Tidy Books Children’s Bookcase has gone and ...

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The Tidy Books Box is ideal for children’s storage

At Tidy Books we are very proud of our children’s storage solutions. Our latest product is the Tidy Books Box, and we’ll let Geraldine explain how this product came in to being; ‘I noticed that in most ...

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Have you got books or DVDs on your children’s bookcase?

Your kid’s reading is something we are very interested in, and certainly, in many cases, hope that their bookcase, is our children’s bookcase too. A report, we first read on the BBC website grabbed our attention this week. The ...

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The nation’s favourite nursery rhymes

It was National Bookstart day last week, and as part of the initiative designed to get all young children interested in reading books, the Bookstart organisation decided to try to establish the nation’s favourite nursery ...

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Learning while reading to your children

Books are a tremendous resource for learning. They hold many facts, opinions, recounts of history, explanations of how things work, and how experts theorise on how things have been in the past. Sometimes it is very ...

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The death of the guidebook

Like many families,the summer was packed full of outings to various museums, historic sites and places that we do not generally call home. Often with children everything is done at breakneck speed, especially if you are ...

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Entertaining children with your mobile phone

Does anyone still own, or can you even buy, a mobile phone that simply makes and receives calls? The cellular phone has certainly come a long way. From the systems that now look very primitive, ...

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Do personalised books encourage reluctant readers?

Via Twitter, Super Nanny, or the people behind the programme, asked their Twitter following if they believed that personalised books encourage reading in reluctant readers. This is something that interests us, and indeed did interest us ...

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Anne Fine says there is no hope in modern children’s books

It would seem, and certainly for Anne Fine, that an era of magical children’s books, that were predominantly based on hope, in part by continually providing unrealistic happy endings, have been replaced by on kids ...

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Booktrust Early Years Awards

The Booktrust have recently announced their shortlists for their annual Early Years Awards. The aim of the awards is to celebrate, reward and publicise the exciting range of children’s books, specifically aimed for pre-school children. ...

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Popular Children’s Books

The children’s books genre is a vast one, not that any other of the particular sections of reading are narrow, but the difference between books in this section is huge. A child’s reading will change dramatically ...

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Reading on the Move

We are in the midst of the summer school holidays here in the UK. There will be many families doing many miles all over these isles, via various modes of transport, as they travel from ...

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Holiday Time, or Time for a Reading Challenge?

The school holidays are upon us. There will be differences all over the UK, but most of us, or the children amongst us, are into their second week of holidays. It has long been debated, ...

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Barefoot Books Website Relaunch

Barefoot Books, a children’s publishing company, was started by two mothers who wanted to feed their children’s imaginations through reading, whilst simultaneously instilling a respect for diversity and creating a love for our planet. An ambitious, ...

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What’s That You’re Reading?

Encouraging children to read is proven to improve their confidence, and will impact postively on many other facets of a child’s life. Reading can be laborious for some. Or at least they think it is, but ...

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It’s Daddy’s Turn to Read

We, at Tidy Books, are behind any campaign that encourages parents to read to their children. Our commitment goes further than that; grandparents, aunties, uncles, cousins, older children reading to siblings, all these people can ...

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