{"id":3291,"date":"2009-09-18T16:21:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/livingwithkids-recommended-reads-and-book-reviews\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:14:02","slug":"livingwithkids-recommended-reads-and-book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/livingwithkids-recommended-reads-and-book-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"LivingwithKids Recommended Reads and Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Welcome to the <strong>LivingwithKids book reviews<\/strong>, where <strong>real mums and their children<\/strong> will tell you about the <strong>latest baby, children&#39;s, parenting and cookery<\/strong> books to help you and your family choose which books to buy. Plus we&#39;ll be telling you about lots of <strong>special offers<\/strong> to help you <strong>earn money back for your kids<\/strong>. Look out for our <strong>&#39;book of the month&#39;<\/strong> and <strong>exclusive book competitions<\/strong> too!<br \/>  &nbsp;<br \/>  <strong>To read the complete review of each book, simply click on the red book title, or the book cover.<\/strong>   <\/p>\n<p>  <font size=\"3\"><strong>Browse our reviews: <\/strong><\/font>  <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"50%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p>     <strong>Books for Kids:<\/strong>      <\/p>\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/Kids-Books-Ages-2-6.aspx\">Ages 2-6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/Kids-Books-Ages-7-10.aspx\">Ages 7-10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>     <strong>Books for Teens:<\/strong>      <\/p>\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/teenage-books.aspx\">Ages 11-16<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"4%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>     <strong>Books for Parents:<\/strong>      <\/p>\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/pregnancy-and-parenting-book-reviews.aspx\">Pregnancy and parenting book reviews<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/cookery.aspx\">Cookery book reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>     <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/fiction-book-reviews.aspx\"><\/a>     <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <br \/>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#419639\"><strong>Book of&nbsp;the Month from LivingwithKids!<br \/>     <\/strong><\/font>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/The-Blizzard-Wizard-by-Frank-Hinks-book-review.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/BlizzardLizzard_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"148\" \/> <\/a><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>     <strong><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/The-Blizzard-Wizard-by-Frank-Hinks-book-review.aspx\"><font size=\"3\">The Blizzard Wizard&nbsp;<\/font><\/a><br \/>     <\/strong>by Frank Hinks      <\/p>\n<p>     <strong>Rating: 5\/5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Category: Kids books ages 7-10<\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>      <\/p>\n<p>     <em>&quot;Kids love them because Frank really seems to &lsquo;get&rsquo; them. He knows they want to read classic tales of good v evil, but they also want to read about bottoms and noses and all that kind of stuff&#8230;<\/em><a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/The-Blizzard-Wizard-by-Frank-Hinks-book-review.aspx\"><em>read the complete review<\/em><\/a><em>&quot;<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>Liz Jarvis<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;      <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> \n<p>  And don&#39;t forget, if you want to buy any of the books you&#39;ve seen featured here, simply click on one of the red retailer links to make a purchase. We hope you enjoy the reviews &#8211; if you want to submit your own reviews on any of the books we have covered, simply<a href=\"mailto:editor@kidstart.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"> email us<\/a> here.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Book reviews and recommended reads from LivingwithKids. Books for kids and adults are reviewed by Mums and kids. 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