Category Archives: Book Ideas

The Crunching Munching Caterpillar

Posted on September 7, 2014 by ofamily

We recently picked up a number of wonderful books at our local Oxfam shop and two of Blue’s favourites are The Crunching Munching Caterpillar (Very Noisy Picture Books) and The Very Lazy Ladybird (Very Noisy Picture Book) (Very Noisy Picture … Continue reading →

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Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ofamily

We have been reading the The Lighthouse Keeper Stories: Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch AND The Lighhouse Keeper’s Picnic by Ronda Armitage.  The kids have been totally taken by the story they love the seagulls that steal the lunch and their reaction … Continue reading →

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Usborne First Numbers – brilliant book for Maths

Posted on July 19, 2014 by ofamily

I have picked up some lovely books at our local Oxfam shop recently and one of my favourite finds was this Usborne First numbers ( I have seen these books for sale on ebay and on Amazon). The book covers … Continue reading →

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Dear Zoo – sight words and stick puppets

Posted on June 19, 2014 by ofamily

On a recent trip to our local library Blue selected the Dear Zoo book.  Pink never really liked this book, until now that is.  When I started reading it to Blue she realised that she could read most of the … Continue reading →

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Kids Books – The Ark adventures

Posted on May 6, 2014 by ofamily

I stumbled onto a set of lovely books called Ark adventures by Sally Grindley and Alex Paterson.  It is a very modern entertaining version of Noah and his Ark and his attempts to get the different animals on his Ark.  … Continue reading →

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