Tag Archives: kids books

Children of Winter a story about the plague with a time slip.

Posted on May 12, 2022 by ofamily

I am not sure how I heard about this book – I think it was on someone’s book list and I saw it was a story about the plague so I thought why not, we have not read any stories … Continue reading →

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Write your own Percy the Park Keeper Story

Posted on October 14, 2015 by ofamily

I have been trying to encourage my daughter to write short stories.  She is not a natural story-teller like her younger brother but we are slowly getting there.  One of the things that seem to work with her is if … 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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