Junior book review: Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig
By Sam, 7 What was the book about? It was about a girl, Amelia, who went to Elfhelm to live…
The Reason Boys Don’t Choose to Read ‘Girls” Books
As seen on Ten Daily It is widely believed that boys prefer to read about male protagonists. But, before we…
How to avoid the battle of the school reader
It starts out a happy sign of a young learner’s first steps towards independent reading. The parent tucks their child…
Faraway tree or Andy Griffiths’ treehouse? Books for the inbetweeners.
It is not hard to find great books for young children. Libraries and bookshops have considerable areas dedicated to the…
Lessons are lovely but fun comes first
Children can be fickle creatures. One minute they like something, the next minute they push it away in disgust. I’ve…
How to read to a reluctant baby or toddler
Forget Sudoku for toddlers, in utero Mozart concertos and Baby Einstein DVDs, one of the best ways to promote babies'…
Naughty can be nice in kids’ books
One farmer is fat, another is boozy and the third is a pot-bellied dwarf. Then there is the grandmother described…
Children’s books have no age limit
They used to speak of their passion in hushed tones. After all, they thought, what fully-grown adult would freely admit…
