Posted by Unknown | 5:52 PM

Cross section books have been around for some time, but there is no doubt that the illustrative masters of this genre for children are Steph...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:18 PM

My focus in this post is on books that engage children by getting them making, exploring or manipulating things. The books I mention are gen...

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Posted by Unknown | 2:58 AM

I have written before on this blog about the importance of non-fiction books (see some links at the end of the post). In fact, some young re...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:59 PM

 I was reading one of Stephen Biesty's most recent cross section books with my grandson aged 9 (almost) the other day - ' Into the U...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:27 AM

I've written a number of posts on boys and book for this blog. In an earlier post, ' The Challenge of Boys and Reading ' I sugge...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:00 AM

'Science and technology' is an important book category for children interested in understanding the natural and man-made world. In t...

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