Usborne Publishing are celebrating the 10th anniversary of its bestselling series for children, Sticker Dolly Dressing. This began with ‘Sticker Dolly Dressing Day’ on Saturday 1st October, with many bookshops across the country hosting special events, competitions and activities in store. Going from strength to strength over the last decade, the Sticker Dolly Dressing series […]
We have some Harry Potter super fans in our house. The big kids love all things Harry Potter and have done for some time. They are coaching the little boys to follow with the same excitement and enthusiasm. A few years ago, not all that long after it had opened we took the big kids […]
A home office is an essential for your house as it’s somewhere you can work in if you currently work from home. I have talked previously about things you need to know about working from the family home. If you don’t work from home you can use office space for keeping your essential documents and […]
If you are a regular reader of the blog you will have seen us feature the Shine-A-Light books before. In short, these are stunning children’s books with an added self- discovery element for children, which makes them really exciting. The Shine-A-Light books are an interactive treat for young children, who are encouraged to hold a torch […]
I fell in love with Roald Dahl books a very long time ago. Each book had me captivated by the end of the first paragraph, something which I consider to be a real skill. As a parent, I now get to live these adventures all over again. As every Roald Dahl fan knows, real witches […]
The Gruffalo’s Child, very like The Gruffalo, are books we have read over and over again as a family. The Gruffalo’s Child currently gets read most nights before bed and I’d be surprised if these aren’t some of the stories the children remember the most from their childhood in later life. The clever rhyming, the […]
As a child I always remember being excited about new books. I loved book shops and thought the opening of a Borders book store near us was the best thing ever. Mix that with their Starbucks collaboration and it was a day out! Since children, aside from compulsory work reading I haven’t read much but that […]
“A little magic can take you a long way” (CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR). No childhood is complete in my view without a large dose of Roald Dahl. Do you agree? His stories were a huge part of my childhood and they continue to feature strongly in the lives of my children. My all […]