Showing posts with label The Book People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Book People. Show all posts

The Adventures of the Wishing Chair By Enid Blyton ~ Review

So the other day I wrote about introducing Little A to the world of poetry (a great success!) and now I want to share with you Midge's book from The Book People: The Adventures of the Wishing Chair written by Enid Blyton. I wanted to show Midge some of the books that I read when I was a little girl from famous authors. After just finishing Matilda by Roald Dahl and both enjoying it again very much, I chose this book by Enid Blyton for our bedtime reading.


Midge has been really trying with her reading lately and enjoying it so much. She's been reading her own books at home and gaining confidence. If you have a confident reader this book will be no problem with them, Midge read a few pages and was very surprised to learn she was actually able to read a 'big book.' Mostly though we shared the story together at bedtime with me reading to her. There are some larger words in this book that at 7 years old she hasn't come across yet in school, which is always good. 

What we love about this book as well is that although the front cover is a very modern illustration the inside is full of wonderful old style illustrations in every chapter.


Overall this book gets a 5 out of 5 from Midge!


Cupcake Mumma 

Introducing Little A to The World of Poetry!

Little A has been sent a set of new books from The Book People to review. We chose Seaside Poems but didn't realise the book was actually a part of a set (yippee for book lovers!) so we also got Noisy Poems, Machine Poems and Tasty Poems all by Jill Bennett and Nick Sharratt.


All the books are fantastic. There are a selection of poems by different authors on each page accompanied by bright, fun illustrations:


We love Seaside Poems because, living in Cornwall, we are all about loving the sea! Little A loves Noisy Poems too and for me it has to be Tasty Poems. There really is a book, or at least a poem within the books for everyone. From food poems to rocket poems, aliens, friendly ghosts and car poems I reckon there is something for everyone (not just the little ones!)

These books are a great introduction to the wonderful world of poetry which we have all enjoyed as a family and as part of Little A's bedtime routine. The best bit is you can buy this whole set for just £4.99 here!

Do you think your children would like these poems? Look out for Midges book tomorrow, The Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton.