Games have been around for a very long time. Board games were used in Egypt in 3500 BC, backgammon supposedly arrived in China around 220 BC and Monopoly was launched in 1930. Imagine! For thousands of years, people have sat across from one another, strategized and taken turns. (In light of that, I can’t help [...]
“Aren’t these glorious?” says Phyllis Simon, Kidsbooks founder (and the secret weapon behind Kidsbooks’ blog), as we turn the pages of a unique collection of board books illustrated by First Nations artists from Canada. The Native Explore and Native Elements books from the imprint Native Northwest are screen printed with non-traditional contemporary colours: each original [...]
If you’re wondering what a gruffalo is… Be very quiet and listen to this: “But who is this creature with terrible claws and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws? He has knobbly knees and turned-out-toes and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose. His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, he has [...]
