ES-CAPE (verb) To avoid a threatening evil View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennie Bookish Play & Learning (@edspire)

Over the last couple of weeks The children and I have been reading and re-reading the story of Nen Nen and The Lonely Fisherman A beautiful new fairy tale A magical story of a merman’s search for true love Written … Continue reading →

Today for World Environment Day We have been reading One Little Bird Written by Sheryl Webster Illustrated by Helen Shoesmith Published by Oxford University Press This is a super book about one little bird One little robin called Rosa Who … Continue reading →

The perfect book for a rainy day Hello Rain! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennie Bookish Play & Learning (@edspire)

Today is our turn on the blog tour for The Three Impossibles Written by Susie Bower And published by Pushkin Press We have not yet read the book So today I am putting it on your radar Because it sounds … Continue reading →

I am soul and song of water I am fin and bone of star I was dreamed from waves and moonlight And my heart has swum so far I am cut from myth and marvel I am scale and tooth … Continue reading →

We have had the best family weekend My sister and her family have been with us We visited our Aunty to wish her a happy 80th birthday We camped in our garden Went on night and day walks around the … Continue reading →

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It is so hard to read when crying I have just finished reading The Shark Caller By Zillah Bethell To my ten year old twins And for the last 20 or so pages My heart was breaking and I could … Continue reading →

“Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, … Continue reading →