Tag: reading

  • Real Books Versus Ebooks

    I had a great conversation this weekend about eBooks. My friend, Sal, proudly told me that she had seen an eBook recently. I assumed she meant a piece of software. I wanted to know what it was called. When I realised that that she was talking about hardware, I couldn’t get the name of the…

  • Poetry

    I’ve been asked to help launch a small book of poetry, written by children in hospital, in September. Reading the book got my interest. It is laid out in sections that describe different types of poem. For someone who hasn’t read a poem since school, it’s a gentle introduction to poetry as well as an…

  • Teaching Babies to Read

    I’ve had my lovely niece and her husband and brand new baby staying over the weekend. We got talking about books and reading last night and my niece seemed a little surprised that now was the perfect time to start reading. Bookstart has obviously made a huge impression on her so far! Of course a…