Simply books!! ;-)

There's nothing like the feel of a good book, is there?!

(Regardless of the advantages of a Kindle! )

And there's nothing like giving or receiving lovely books.

I love books!

So here are the lovely books that I have recently either received or given:

I have to admit that I love these books

by Miroslav Sasek!

If I had the room , I would collect... the whole lot!

Funnily enough (and unbeknown to me until I showed him

my London book) , Nich was given the 'This is Paris' which is in the same series.

I'll nab that when he isn't looking! ;-)

'This is London' now takes pride of place in my little classroom.

I'm itching to do some mini London projects with the children.

Moving on...I'm very inspired by some of the ideas in this lovely book:

And this next book is a joy to behold as are most things illustrated by Pat Albeck.

If you didn't already know, she is Matthew Rice's mother....

thus Emma Bridgewater's mother in law!

This book is beautiful!

More inspiration in the form of...

There's plenty to get your creative juices flowing here, that's for sure!!

And talking of gingerbread men...I gave this book to my daughter,

at Christmas:

And then bought it for myself!! I thought the ideas were brilliant

and not just for baking!

Nich received the top two of these books below, from me.

I gave my mum the Vintage Gibbons book

and Greavsie's book to my Torquay supporter nephew!

(Good job I didn't get the wrapping muddled up!!)

I already own 'Where's Your Caravan?' so didn't have to sneakily read it first!!;-)

I grabbed this next one when I saw it for snip, in a charity shop.

In my classroom, I already have some lovely Rupert fabric

which I bought from Donna, some time ago and had been looking for

a Rupert annual for ages!

Phew...all that reading lined up...and then these arrive!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!

;-) x