I’ve been really impressed with this book for girls of Key Stage 2 age, it’s a great example of how picture books can work successfully for an older audience. It’s been written succinctly to ensure that the right amount of information is imparted without being overwhelming or too text-heavy. This means that if girls want…
With its apt colour scheme and theme, I thought this would be good to share in the run up to Halloween! It’s a brilliant interactive and tactile book, which encourages readers to read intriguing clues and study skeletons before guessing which animal the bones belong to, with the answer given on the following double-page spread.…
Another Saturday morning, another car park, albeit a rather murky multi-storey today so apologies for the dodgy photo! After my woeful attempt at the adult GCHQ puzzle book, I now have my hands on the children’s version, which is really rather good! Like the adult version, there’s lots of information about GCHQ and famous people…
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding Leonardo da Vinci This is a really fascinating read. I thought I knew a fair bit about Leonardo da Vinci but reading this has proved me wrong! It draws together all the different subjects and areas that da Vinci excelled in – from art to maths and…
I don’t often share ’grown up’ reads on the blog, but I felt that this very much deserved a share. After a rubbish couple of weeks with very little reading going on, I treated myself to Cathy Rentzenbrink’s superb book and couldn’t put it down. If, like me, you are one of those people who…
I’m not sharing this superb book just because it’s a fascinating and entertaining read about biomimicry, or that it’s been fabulously illustrated and has stunning end papers, I’m sharing it because I can’t believe that it’s the last factual book to ever be a Blue Peter Book Award winner. I’m so disappointed that after 22…
My son is a fan of both interactive books and non fiction, and so purchasing this brilliant hardback was a no-brainer when I came across it in our local indie. After making an emergency landing in the middle of the mountains and no idea where they are, readers have to decide both which route to…
As it’s Saturday and I’m sat in the school car park, I thought I should expand my mind a little – every day’s a school day and all that… It’s fair to say that I’ve not got a scientific brain and so a book on astrophysics is not what I would usually pick up, but…
Today is Windrush Day in the UK, where we remember and celebrate the Windrush generation who came from the Caribbean to help rebuild Britain after the Second World War, honouring them – and their descendants – for their immense contribution to British society. While I don’t have a specific book about Windrush to share, I…
Happy Platinum Jubilee everyone! Haven’t managed to either read or post much recently as it’s been a busy time, but I’m now diving back in! While I’ve always loved history, the one thing I’ve always struggled with is understanding what was happening across the world at any one period. For instance, I had no idea…