…at the end of Word Book Day Week

Yesterday was World Book Day, but we at welikeplay central have been at it all week. And along the way I’ve come across some fabulous young-reader stories to recommend.

No1 child has been an avid fan of the most excellent and increasingly surreal Captain Underpants for a couple of months now. And he’s kind of gone and got me hooked too; I curled up after the mites bedtime with the latest instalment the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People snorting through my nose as the plot lurched into unfathomability with an alternate-universe evil Captain, the transformation of Sulu into the evil-hypno-ringed giant Bionic Hamster alongside the usual potty powered giggles.  It’s not often you find a kids book that you can read when there’s no kids around, and when you find them, get them. (recommended for 6 to 10 year old boys in particular)

No2 child introduced me to Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure! a book which has our two favourite narrative elements rolled up in a great picture book.  Yes, it has both pirates and dinosaurs; what else could a boy need, aside from a pirate hat with which to sit and smile in. (recommended for 4 and up children of both species… girls need to be pirates too)

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