Books reviews – children and adult
I get asked to review books a lot, and as a book-worm I’m always intrigued to see where a new book will take me. Some I really enjoy, others maybe not so much and then there are those that I just can’t put down, but don’t want to end. Hanham… Continue reading »
You may recall that we recently reviewed The Story of the First World War for Children. I was so impressed with this book that I was eager to complete the set with The Story of the First World War for Children. I think it’s really important for my nine-year old… Continue reading »
I often reflect on the differences between my own childhood and my son’s and the biggest change has to be technology and the availability of information at the touch of a button. I can remember learning about space as a child and it was grainy images on an old TV… Continue reading »
Today I’d like to introduce you to a book I read last month which will be published on 15th March through Salt Publishing. A Perfect Explanation is written by Eleanor Anstruther and is a fictional story based on her own aristocratic family. This is part of a blog tour, you can… Continue reading »
If you could invite anyone to dinner, dead or alive, who would you invite? I’ve often wondered how lovely it would be to spend an evening talking to the grandparents I either never knew, or those who died when I was a children. In The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle… Continue reading »
I never got to study the Second World War at school, if I’d stayed in Surrey for my O’levels I’d have studied it then, and when I arrived in Oxfordshire, it was in the syllabus for the year before you took your options. So that all meant that I had… Continue reading »