L and I both love a good book and as he gets more and more independent with his reading we’ve had a great time finding new things together.
Recently we’ve been reading the first three books from a new series Sevenhills, the latest books from author Stuart Simmonds.
Continue reading The Sevenhills Series – Book ReviewOn a week where L had been focusing on The Three Little Pigs at school and we had read, watched and listened to various bland and boring versions of the story seemingly thousands of times we needed a bit more excitement in our topic. Thankfully we discovered Readmio, or should I say, Readmio discovered us and we were enamoured.
Continue reading Readmio – ReviewMadeline adores her Grandpa Gilderberry – she always has. To everyone else he might seem a bit strange – an eccentric inventor – perhaps even a little mad. Yet Madeline knows that these are his very best qualities.
Continue reading Win a Copy of Don’t Drink the PinkContinue reading Tales of Mossycup Wood – Frogbit and the Big GloopDeep in the heart of Mossycup Wood lies Poggle Hollow, a secret place not many people know about and those who do keep it very hush hush. Living in this very secret place are the Pogglewitt: a tiny, friendly fun-loving folk who grow their nests on the highest branches of the oldest trees.
Novella Nostalgia is a series of five books based upon iconic films. The authors, Tony Drury and Oliver Richbell, have taken the essence of a films story and flung it into our modern world. I received all five book shortly before Christmas and have loved delving into them. Fun, gripping and perfect for reading over the busy holiday period when I could only grab a short bit of time here and there. I would highly recommend these books.
Continue reading Novella NostalgiaWhat seems like forever ago, long before L was even remotely capable of reading or even truly understanding what we read to him we started the Badger the Mystical Mutt series of books. We’ve got loads of them, all of the first series in actual fact. Continue reading Badger the Mystical Mutt and the Sparkle Bandits
The Day That A Ran Away by BCR Fegan
While Mrs May is checking her students’ homework, she notices that Jet hasn’t managed to write down the letters of the alphabet. Instead of providing a familiar excuse, Jet offers Mrs May an elaborate story about how every letter happened to leave his page while he was walking to school that morning. Continue reading Win a Copy of The Day That A Ran Away
Handpicked books, delivered each month, to your door for your kids. Sound perfect to you? Me too! I loved the idea behind Bookabees and was so happy to get to try out the service. Continue reading Bookabees – Review
FROM ‘Hygge’ to parenting, the Danish way of doing things is often widely talked about and one of Denmark’s latest exports is no exception. “The Children’s Meditations In my Heart” by emerging Danish author Gitte Winter Graugaard enables children to fall asleep within minutes. Now available in three different languages, it is beginning to change bedtime routines the world over.
Continue reading The Children’s Meditations in My Heart – Review and Competition
Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 by BCR Fegan
The magical Hotel of Hoo is a mysterious place with some very unusual occupants. As our guests explore the strange hotel, they are invited to experience everything it has to offer with just one warning… don’t ever look behind door 32. Continue reading Win a Copy of Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32
