Early Chapter Book Reviews Are Here!

The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that I have recently made a change to my logo. It used to say ‘Bite-Sized Book Reviews for Babies and Toddlers’ but now it says ‘Bite-Sized Book Reviews for Kids’.

Why?

Well, I opened this account back in September 2017 and started my blog in February 2018. Back then Ivy was just 2 so board books and picture books were our sole focus. Now she’s 4.5 and our reading landscape has shifted a little. We still read just as many board books and picture books, but a few months ago we started devouring chapter books at bedtime.

I have been hesitant about adding chapter book reviews to the mix (mainly because it’s a lot more work!) but I’ve decided to go for it. I will still be posting all of the usual picture book reviews so this isn’t a big change but around once per week i’ll throw in a chapter book.

There are 3 reasons for this:

1) The purpose of my blog has always been to share with you the books that Ivy and I love. Omitting chapter books now that they’re a big part of our lives seems a little bit dishonest!

2) Many of you have been with me since the start of this journey so your children will now be at a similar stage. I hope that by including chapter books I’ll be able to help you continue to find books which encourage their love of reading past the pre-school years.

3) I get a lot of DMs from people asking if I can provide recommendations for older siblings and thus far I haven’t been able to do that – but now I can!

We already have a big selection of chapter books which we’re excited to share with you and I have the first review ready to go later this week. As I said, I’m still going to be sharing the same volume of board books and picture books so this is just a small shift, but hopefully one that is helpful to you.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this so please do leave me a comment below. Also feel free to share any chapter book recommendations you have for us!