Top Five Books for Children Starting School

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I got tweeting with the lovely Lakeland Books this week on twitter who are a family run business supplying quality children’s story, learning and activity books across the UK.  We got talking about books as we are big readers in this house and I asked them to let me know the top five books for children starting school in September. As Roo is starting school we are talking to her about all the new experiences she will have and showing her new books and getting a mix of learning and activity books for her to use at home in an [...] Read more »

Six classic kids books for children to read during the summer holidays

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Don’t let your kids’ reading skills slide during the long summer holidays – work out a summer reading list of classic books and challenge them to read them all before it’s time go back to school!  Reading a book a week is an achievable task for young minds to take on so, if the school holiday lasts six weeks, why not pick six books for them to read.  Make sure the books aren’t ones which your kids are due to study during the next school year before you buy them/take them out of the library/download them on to a Kindle! [...] Read more »

Enter the amazing world of virtual story books with Magic Town

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In our house we absolutely love stories. Whether it is reading traditional favourites such as The Ugly Duckling or soon to be classics such as The Gruffalo reading at bedtime is a nightly ritual in our house with Roo. So when I heard about a virtual world that brings story books to life right in front of children and is interactive and educational I was excited to try it.  E-learning is becoming a great way to engage children with even some schools investing in iPads for older pupils.   I was interested to see what lay ahead with this review [...] Read more »