This day I love.......: library

We love receiving new books and the girls love reading. Little man has also got into the routine of a story before bed and loves to listen to a story usually read by me but sometimes from his sisters.

Maverick have launched three new books and they are some of their most anticipated titles this year.

The New LIBEARian by Alison Donakd and illustrated by Alex Wilmore

After reading this book the girls wanted to visit the library. We do visit weekly but they had to go the very next morning. They wanted to look for Goldilocks. What I love most about this book is it allows children to use their imagination and shows them that it is OK to role play. This is a story that they can relate to and a story that is great for bed time to help them unwind. I loved that they asked to visit the library after reading the book. The illustrations are also really bright and colourful and Little Man loved reaching out for them.

Mr Mustachio by Yasmin Finch and illustrated by Abigail Tompkins

This is perhaps my favourite of the three we were sent. The girls were giggling at Mr Mustachio moustache and the things he got up to. They both said oh no when he went on the roundabout, and I shall not say any more. The girls do now like playing the game Mr Mustachio and they run around placing objects as moustaches and shouting out Mr Mustachio!

A knit and a knot by Amanda Brandon

This is the third book in the series and the girls have said it is their favourite! The girls already love the characters and are familiar with the flow of the stories from reading the previous books. They loved following the charters in the trail of the missing red wool and loved the ending to the story even more! This is a delightful one to read and another prefect for bed times.

Thanks to Maverick for sending the books to us to read! All words are my own opinion

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I have decided that this school holiday we would try and make the most of events happening near to us and spend some time at home as well. Our local library is hosting a serious of Roald Dahl inspired craft activities once a week and as we were up early this morning we decided to pop along.

Today the theme was Fantastic Mr Fox and the girls were making masks. The girls were shown an example of a finished mask and then left to use their imagination to create their own.

The girls were really pleased with their masks and pretended to be Foxes around the library.

This day I love Fantastic Mr Fox

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A wet and miserable day today. My youngest really did not want to do anything but stay at home. It took some convincing to get her out of the house and I am glad we did. We took a short trip to the main library in town. My youngest loved it.

The main library is much bigger than our local library, as you would expect and there was a lot of choice. My youngest selected some books and we snuggled up in one of the corner seats. We read the books together and she tried to read some of the words. She has been making lots of attempts recently to sound out words and it was really lovely to listen to her.

She selected some more books and then started to read them to me.

Spending time in the library with my youngest was a great way to spend a few hours on a rainy day.

This day I love rainy day reading

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The weather at the moment is very wet and far too cold for the girls and I to go out and play in. Its so cold and wet that even the dog is refusing to go outside, he simply stands and looks when I open the door for him and walks back inside.

I needed to take the girls out though as I think a change of scenery would do them some good. I am very lucky that we have a library within walking distance and that both my girls love books. I decided that this would be a good place to spend the afternoon.

The girls really enjoyed themselves, at first playing with the toys in the play area