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Bad Dad (brought to you by Bad Dad)

19 May, 2018 James ForemanBooks For Baby

La Serpiente has begun to enjoy chapter books, mostly about a mouse called Sophie, but noticing this development a few months ago, I bought her a copy of Bad Dad by David Walliams. It drew[…]

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Sammy and the Pecan Pie

4 February, 201826 February, 2018 James ForemanBooks

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People had such effective sales that they launched a children’s edition, 7 Habits of Happy Kids, on the back of it. When I saw the fourth part of this on[…]

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Apes A-Go-Go

14 January, 201818 January, 2018 James ForemanBooks

This evening I read the girls Apes A-Go-Go, a short story about unintended consequences. It is set in a provincial town, on the verge of winning the Tidiest Town competition for a third consecutive year.[…]

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The Tiger Who Came To Tea (reprise)

12 April, 201714 April, 2017 James ForemanBooks

Next Wednesday my wife is going out carousing, but she got the dates muddled up and thought it was tonight, so she got dressed up and legged it with me supervising the children, until she[…]

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Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons

24 January, 2017 James ForemanBooks For Baby

This was a book I chose for La Serpiente at the library a couple of weeks ago. It stars Pete, a real hep cat with a coat with four groovy buttons. As the story goes[…]

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Fish is Fish

12 January, 201727 December, 2017 James ForemanBooks

Fish is Fish is the slightly melancholy, cautionary tale of what happens if you have too much confidence and curiousity, and friends from a different species. As such, I’m not sure of its suitability for[…]

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Double Trouble In Walla Walla

24 December, 2016 James ForemanBooks

Double Trouble In Walla Walla was first published in 1997, so it’s taken me almost 19 years to get around to it. I must admit that my selection of it was entirely opportune, borne out[…]

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Made By Raffi

23 December, 2016 James ForemanBooks

One of La Serpiente’s current favourite books is Made By Raffi, the story of a slight, quiet, longhaired boy who doesn’t like the rowdy activities of his classmates, and finds salvation in knitting scarves and[…]

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Mr Wayne’s Masterpiece

22 November, 2016 James ForemanBooks

At long last, La Serpiente and I seem to have reached agreement on what a suitable book for bedtime is. No more arguments over whether we’ll read Fantastic Mr Fox or not. No more parents[…]

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Pony Scouts: At The Show

28 September, 201624 January, 2017 James ForemanBooks For Baby

In addition to the vomit-inducing Backhoe Joe, La Serpiente has been making me read Pony Scouts: At The Show, a level 2 reading book ("High-interest stories for developing readers" according to the blurb.) While I’m[…]

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