Books to me are not finite objects to think of alone. Much like the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, books link us to others, to other books, to ideas and questions. So I love it when two books come along that are just meant to be next to each other on the bookshelf! Let's...
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Looking for a book to celebrate @WorldOceansDay ? Look no further than #SomebodySwallowedStanley by @SarahVRoberts
What better way to get over the reasons we need to use less plastic, to encourage our pupils to care and to be more responsible in the future than a great story. So meet Stanley. Stanley is no ordinary jellyfish. Of course he is actually a plastic bag. We follow him...
A @McFarlaneLesley review of Curiosity by @markusmotum with @WalkerbooksUK
CURIOSITY The Story of a Mars Rover Markus Motum This book is an absolute wonder. I am not an avid follower of science, so I was afraid that this book just wouldn’t be for me. How wrong I was! This is the story, so far, of Curiosity, the latest Mars rover -a piece of...
A @McFarlaneLesley review of The Company of Eight by @H_Whitehorn with @StripesBooks
The Company of Eight Author: Harriet Whitehorn llustrator: Maria Surducan To start with, the cover of this book is gorgeous! I find selecting a book so tricky; a cover like this was an instant head turner. Maria Surducan has illustrated it to perfection. The end...
Nurturing Nature Appreciation @LittleTigerUK
As I sat with my morning brew, watching my regular visitors, the starlings, feed in my garden, I thought today was a good day to share this pair of lovely books. Each page has a sturdy lift-the-flap feature, giving an...
Kaya’s Heart Song 💜 @lantanapub
Boom taktak boom taktak boom Shick shak shook Do you know your heart song? Join me, through the vines (gorgeous end pages), to meet Kaya and Pak, as we learn about mindfulness. Kaya, a young, curious girl, watches...
Can you offer a Reading Gift?
Can you offer a Reading Gift? Can you help us by gifting a signed copy of one of your books? We’ll use it as a prize in a Baffle (a book raffle) to help build a library in Mozambique. WomenEd...
#RRGoesToUni – My favourite tweets 💜
And the winner is……Blue Planet 2!
Did you watch Blue Planet 2? It was a massive hit in our house. Fair to say we were mesmerised and captivated. Now with a surfer in our household we are already highly aware of the plastic problem, highlighted by Surfers Against Sewage. So when this problem was raised...
When we share books, we share something of ourselves…
When we share books, we share something of ourselves. Where books are living, books are delicately weaved in and out of real life. Life breathes into our book tastes and our reading into real life. I thought, what better way to start the year than with books that...
















