Kids Love to Read #57 & Giveaway

Monday, September 21, 2020 BookBairn 1 Comments

I'm feeling all autumnal as I draft this post today - it's a bit cold and grey and I want to get our new fire on and cosy up with a good book! And hope the bairns feel the same way!

Back to this month's link-up, if you share or review children's books or are raising a reader whilst writing a blog then our co-hosted monthly linky with Laura's Lovely Blog! Kids Love to Read is a link-up to share blog posts written by other bloggers that star wonderful children's books. It's a great way to find new blogs to read and new book recommendations too, as well as invite people to come and read your own blog.

So if you write about your favourite children's books I would love it if you link-up your post! And I'm looking forward to reading them all!

Laura has also set up a Pinterest Board for Kids Love to Read, where she pins everyone’s posts featured, as well as lots of lovely bookish posts. If you would like to join as a co-contributor please message me. The more the merrier!

Last Month's Favourites

My favourite post last month came from Picture Book Perfect 123 whose shared a book that we love about making new friends. I reviewed in over on Instagram around the time that BookBairn started school as it's such a good one for little ones who are learning to make new friends, particularly in a school environment.

Laura's favourite came from The Next Best Thing to Mummy who shared a book of First Aid Skills for Children - an important topic that looks like it is explored really well in this book!

Linky Rules:

– Write about reading with children, share your love and your children’s love of books, what do you love to read together, how do you encouraging reading and books with your little or not so little ones? Books you love or book reviews.

– This Linky is open every 3rd Monday of the month for one week.

– Grab the Kids Love to Read badge and pop it in your post. It's linked at the end of the post for you.

– Use the #KLTR hashtag on Twitter and Instagram.

– Share the love – try and read & comment the host’s posts and on 2 other blogs listed on the Linky.

We look forward to reading your posts! And don't forget to enter the competition below!

Kim and Laura x

Giveaway

We have a fabulous giveaway this month of Press Here Board Book Edition by Herve Tullet - one that we have the hardback edition of and love but this board book would be a super sturdy version to explore with young readers.

*Terms and conditions: Entries are open to UK residents. The competition closes on the the 13th October 2020. Winners will be announced on social media and contacted via email. If the winner does not respond to the email in two weeks, a new winner will be randomly chosen. Please allow extra time for prize delivery due to current pandemic restrictions. Host reserves the right to substitute the prize for a suitable alternative in case of problems with supply. No cash alternative available.

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Book Poetry - Dear Earth

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 BookBairn 1 Comments

Dear Earth
Now
Under the Same Sky
We Are Together
Not Lost
Everybody Counts
Kindness Grows
Together
Here We Are
What We See in the Stars
The Garden of Hope

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Oi Aardvark Blog Tour

Monday, September 07, 2020 BookBairn 3 Comments

Oi! Have you seen the latest edition of the Oi series by Kes Grey and Jim Field?! We've been looking forward to this one a lot (it featured on my exciting upcoming picture book releases list last month).

It's hard to dampen the enthusiasm that Frog has for making sure that everyone is sitting on the right spot. And now, after starring in FIVE (plus a mini world book day edition) he's back and creating a book of his very own. He's called it The All-New Alphabetty Botty Book and it's for all the animals that he hasn't helped to find a place to sit yet. And don't fear Cat and Dog are back too - helping in their uniquely hilarious ways! And can they help Frog to find a creature for ever letter of the alphabet? Dog enthusiastically thinks of course Frog can - he's a genius! Cat is less-supportive quite gleefully looking forward to Q and X and Y!

So who stars in this fantastic new cacophony of creature?

Well, Aardvarks of course!

Eels and Elks and BookBairn's favourite page: Finches!

And Jays and Jerboas - I know! What's a Jerboa?*

A fantastic double page spread of P creatures including - Possums, Pigeons, Pangolins (my favourite!) and Pandas.

All the way through to Zebras! With which you'll see frog takes a little poetic license to find a rhyme!

Surely, that's them all done? Until Dog points out the Zillyzinkzikkers who sit on frilly pink knickers. The what?!

Another brilliantly bonkers, laugh out loud rhyming rollicking picture book that are brought so hilariously to life by the fantastic bright and bold illustrations!

But there's more than just fun at play with these books - they are a fresh and engaging way to teach phonics, making learning letters fun and funny for the whole family (especially grown ups). Rhyme and playing with rhyme is also an invaluable pre-reading skill that children won't even spot that they are learning as they will be so busy giggling. I cannot recommend this series highly enough!

In fact I've raved about it before back in a blog post in 2017 (in fact it was my Most Anticipated Picture Book of the Year that year) and I'm sure I'll be raving about it many years down the line too! I've been lucky enough to meet both Kes and Jim in the past so our book Oi Frog book has a lovely signed and illustrated personal message - "Oi Lottie, sit on a potty!" and I've never met a man as patient as Jim who must have been signing and drawing for at least two hours that day and he still had smiles and ink left for me at the end of the day!

If you're interested in this book there is going to be a whole week of A-Z stops on the tour (we are B!) and I've popped the banner with the details below.

Oi! Happy reading!

Kim and the bairns - sitting comfortably surrounded by books!

*Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found in Arabia, Northern Africa and Asia.

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