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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My son’s first reaction to this book, as he opened it and the image of a baby growing inside a womb leaped out at him, was: ‘yuck, that’s disgusting’.
Which of course is actually a very …
When all the story times and rhyme times have paid off, and your child is a newly confident reader, what books do you give them now?
They’ve graduated from picture books to chapter books, from toddler …
Last month as part of the celebrations and activities surrounding Children’s Book Week my child was asked to take his favourite book into school.
His school books, whilst I am sure excellent learning resources for the …
We’re running an amazing Facebook competition for you with our friends over at KidsIQBooks.
We’ve have teamed up together to offer you the opportunity of winning some great prizes and just in time for Xmas too!
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My son has taken ownership of his Tidy Books bookcase to an extreme.
I know one of the huge benefits of this wonderful bookcase is that it really encourages children to engage with their books, and …
Just released this month, ‘The Beasties’ is a story about the comfort of stories. It’s a lovely book for you and your child to snuggle up with, to talk about fears, and how stories can …
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Oh, how I loved my childhood …
I was intrigued by the title of this book and it caught the imagination of my children. The Elephant and the Bad Baby is a marvellous, shoplifting romp through the streets, with lots of repetition …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
