Last time, I told you about my basket of books, and why I keep them handy. Time to dip in, and let you try out a few. Today’s collection are all about being brave in some way. All have been road tested a good deal by Junior Reader, and I feel pretty happy in recommending …
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Lit Kid: a little moral encouragement
I have a certain basket of books in the sitting room. Picture books. They sit there, and occasionally they are picked up by Junior Reader, and perused for a while, usually in those five-minute moments when tea is not quite on the table. I’ll confess. They are, in one sense, moralising books – or maybe …
Friday phrases: we haven’t had an earthquake lately
Every now and then, I feel the need for some bracing cynicism – or at least, the reminder that there are gloomier ways to view the world, whatever I am making of my own situation at the time. I’m not advocating gloominess – far from it – though it can strike us easily enough at …
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Finally, finally
Ever get to those things you’ve been putting off for ages? Or (equally possible) trying to get to, but seemingly always sent off course by washing baskets and meals to cook, and the like? So we’ve (finally, finally) crossed off a few big must do items in the last little while. Putting up pictures. Securing …
Lit Kid: reading, and rereading
I’m noticing a certain phase at the moment. All those days and weeks and months of reading to Junior Reader are being repaid by return visits. Time for the apprentice reader to work through the same titles; take in what was missed in the listening, perhaps. Sometimes books are tackled again shortly after they are …