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22 December 2025
Dave Pigeon
Dave Pigeon is one of those books we recommend at every opportunity. Specifically when somebody asks about a book for a child who has just finished picture books and is terrified of chapter books.
12 December 2025
The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin
We are fond of The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin. Nicola O’Byrne does something with bedtime here that very few other writers attempt.
6 December 2025
The other end of the day
Daily Adventure used to be a morning-only thing. This week we added a bedtime mode. The longer answer to why involves everything we have learned about how primary children actually read.
5 December 2025
Reading in your own language, properly
Daily Adventure now runs in French and Spanish as well as English. For Somerset primaries with bilingual pupils, this changes what we can offer.
29 November 2025
Reading is better when someone can ask about it
Daily Adventure now emails parents a summary of the morning story so they can actually talk about it with their child. The same pattern shows up on the paper side of what we do.
17 November 2025
The Terribly Friendly Fox
The Terribly Friendly Fox made us laugh the first time we read it. It made us laugh the fourth time too.
10 November 2025
A book we keep coming back to: Superbat by Matt Carr
If there's one book we've posted more copies of than any other, it's Superbat by Matt Carr.
3 November 2025
A minute of quiet, and what it has to do with reading
This week we added a mindfulness moment to Daily Adventure. It is short, around sixty seconds, narrated by a real person. It came from our own house, and it has something to do with reading.
20 October 2025
The Bad Seed trilogy, by Jory John and Pete Oswald
We love the Bad Seed trilogy. They are picture books we find ourselves recommending to other parents at the school gate.
14 October 2025
Why the books stay human, even though Daily Adventure uses AI
Daily Adventure uses AI to write a fresh story every morning. The books we donate to schools are written entirely by humans. Both choices are deliberate, and the reasons are different.
5 October 2025
What we learned this summer, and what it says about the books we send
We built something this summer that was not a book. What we learned from it matches what we have been saying about the books we donate for years: children need to feel the story is about them.
20 September 2025
The book that always gets laughs: I Really, Really Need a Wee
I Really, Really Need a Wee by Karl Newson and Duncan Beedie is a book we carry around in the van. It's the one that always gets laughs.