One of the things I try and stock up on for the longer school holidays is books for Anya. I mix it up with some new books as well as pull out old books that she hasn’t looked at for a while. This is exactly what I did before the long Easter/Spring break. I always try and include a few different types of books to keep her interested so I’ll maybe include a puzzle book, a story book and a joke book or a fact book.
Recently, I was so excited to discover this gem of a book. While Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a book we’re all very familiar with, it was finding this (fairly) rare edition that got me so excited. One look at this book and I knew it had to be added to our shelves.
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Yay, it’s World Book Day! What have your kids dressed up as? We love this day so much and get excited about it from weeks before – choosing a character, planning the outfit and eventually making it. This year Anya is going as Violet Beauregarde – our school will celebrate tomorrow so we are still putting the finishing touches on the outfit. We just got a tracksuit in a slightly larger size, dyed it violet and will stuff her up with cushions and padding to make her look like a blueberry!
To celebrate this day and our love of books I wanted to share 9 must have children’s books. Most of these books are ideal for ages 5 – 9 years but many can be enjoyed by younger and older and they are all keepers. We’ve got them all and I can’t rate them highly enough:
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa… so the first story begins and many of the stories that come after.
As it’s World Book Day this week, I wanted to start the week with a book series we are loving. We are slowly moving on from picture books, so I am always looking for interesting chapter books that still have pictures and quite big text. We recently discovered the Anna Hibiscus series of books and they are a breath of fresh air.
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