The latest book from the BritMums book club was The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka. It’s a very short novel but utterly absorbing so I read it in a couple of days. Between the wars a group of young, non-English speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching… Read More »
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been enjoying Wake Up Do Lydia Lou by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Karen George. A little ghost tries to give Lydia Lou a scare . . . but he can’t even wake her up. So he fetches his noisy animal friends to help: Mew! Moo! Too-whit too-whoo!… Read More »
The children were very kindly sent a new version of the classic Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. Rod Campbell’s classic lift-the-flap book DEAR ZOO is a bestseller that has delighted generations of toddlers. Now fans can enjoy it in a new interactive form, as a brilliant early learning spinner book. This unique board book, which… Read More »