March 2016 – Reading Riddle

What do Caitlin Moran and Nicky Morgan have in common?

On March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 By cunninggirl2

Reading. Reading books, not Reading Berkshire. This unlikely pairing dawned on me as I watched Raised by Wolves by Caitlin and Caroline Moran and realised that every episode has books in it. Every one. Books on shelves, books on tables and floors, and critically books in libraries, being chosen, taken […]

There’s a book for that…

On March 20, 2016March 20, 2016 By cunninggirl2

Inevitably my husband was out when my sons asked about babies. I was pretty gutted as I had thought that having boys meant I could hand them over for a Man Talk. However, I had promised myself that I wouldn’t lie to the children so I turned to my usual […]

How I learned to stop worrying and love the noisy book

On March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 By cunninggirl2

This is the story of how and why I came to love noisy books. Already you are possibly reeling but I promise it is true. I recently saw a post on reading aloud to an impatient 11 month old (read here) and it got me thinking about a kind of book that […]

Where’s the rest of the book?

On March 12, 2016March 12, 2016 By cunninggirl2

If you can use words to create a picture, or use pictures that are worth a thousand words, then why are we in such a hurry to separate them? Alarmingly, twitter had anecdotes from schools that had an age limit on picture books on World Book Day, and sadly it […]

Who is afraid of the Big Bad Book Day?

On March 5, 2016 By cunninggirl2

World Book Day can elicit a wide range of emotions, largely linked to the amount of time and money that adults feel they need to throw at the challenge. Parents will have enjoyed the joke on facebook about a father grabbing household articles and sending his kids as a page from the Argos […]

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