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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

I love reading children’s books.
Partly as my child is normally on the receiving end, but also because they often have very warming tones and include tales that put a smile on your face.
Like one of …

If in your house, like ours, a cardboard box is a magical plaything, then the appeal of Box of Tricks by Katie Cleminson is immediate.
Box of Tricks begins as Eva is given a very special …

We have a fabulous and very interesting giveaway with our friends at Just Children’s Books.   They have teamed up with lots of bloggers who have donated kids books, many of them signed by the author, …

If you’re off somewhere nice this year, or you’re just relaxing in the back garden, what are you going to read?  And what are the kids going to read?
Tidy Books are off on their hols …

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 …