Noah CooperI like this book. It is a simple story of a little mischievous lion called Clovis who likes to cause havoc with his roar. Clovis has the loudest roar in the jungle and he is very proud of it. He likes to wait until the other animals in are...
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I was kid the best writers, for me anyway, were Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is still up there in my imaginary Top 10 List of favourite writers ever, but I don’t think I’ll even bother...
Parque Barigui with a touch of early morning frost. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Wednesday 13th March was just as hot and sunny as practically every day since November. A long summer made even better by the news of the wet and cold winter back home in...
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell was a book that Thomas absolutely adored from about the age of 4 months until he about 14 months. It is a simple story of a kid who wants a pet and so he writes to the local zoo and they send him an elephant. But the...
What are books for? I thought they were for reading; for enjoying; for learning things; for transporting yourself to whole new worlds and possibilities. Well, in the last few weeks I have discovered that books are for a lot more. Here are some of...
This was a blast from the past. I bought this book when Thomas was born because I remembered reading it a kid and, I think, seeing it on TV. We didn’t read it for ages as it isn’t a hard cardboard book and up until recently Thomas...
One of the main reasons for starting this blog was to force myself to start to reading other people’s blogs and to share ideas and experiences. One of the first things I cam across was a number of people talking about how they had met other...
Thomas, my son, is only 19 months old and so is obviously too young to be learning his alphabet. This hasn’t stopped him from getting a new favourite book; Thomas’ ABC. Thomas, the tank engine, is the first book to be chosen whenever I...
Part of the thing about raising a kid to be bilingual is that it often involves at least one of the parents living in a different country. So not only are there the normal problems (and opportunities?) associated with raising a family, but there...
Image: Amazon.co.uk On the OUP site for this book it says that it is appropriate for kids from the ages of 2-5. Thomas is still only 18 months old, and this probably explains why he likes the book, but doesn’t love it yet. It is written by...