Book Review¦ When I’m choosing books for Autumn, I seem to follow one of two paths. I either go for something ridiculous and funny or something that I think she can learn an important lesson from. Toy Mountain by Stef Gemill is the latter. Modern life and consumer culture encourages children to be materialistic. There are constant adverts in their face with bright colours and fun music for toys that will just have no longevity, but to a child they look amazing. One of my biggest problems is with the craze of ‘collectibles’. Small bits of plastic that get looked at for about 10 seconds and inevitably end up in the bin within the space of a year. I was looking forward to reviewing this book in the hope that it might cause a shift in Autumn’s thinking. In fact, a lot of children could probably do with this with Christmas just being around the corner!
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Book Review: Everything Under The Sun
Book Review¦ I LOVED Everything Under the Sun as soon as I laid eyes on it. Children are naturally curious and it’s so important that we feed that curiosity. For them, every day brings something new and they’re so keen to ask questions and learn. This book has a question for every day of the year (366 so leap years are covered), all of which have been asked by children around the world. Experts from Heston Blumenthal to the Natural History Museum’s curators have provided the answers in a child-friendly way.