My own little books of prayers This is a very sweet little prayer book form Lion Hudson by Christina Goodings. These are some old traditional prayers and a few new ones that are great to learn by heart, They contain simple themes that speak to children about being grateful being sorry and trying their best. The pictures are expressive and touching. A lovely book to introduce children to the wonder of prayer that relates to their usual lives. Lion Hudson £4.99 Safe this … [Read more...]
New Books from Priddy, Spring 2013
March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I am a big fan of Priddy books which are strong and sturdy, engaging and bright and their new releases are simply fantastic. Here is my pick of the books I was sent to review Dolls House Dolls House is a cute board book from Priddy about 2 sisters Lily and Pippa who live in a dolls house. The book has tabs so you can go straight to the page you want and it has sturdy life the flaps on every page. Each double page shows a scene form the dolls house and is full of details and colour. … [Read more...]
Easter Activity Books
March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Easter Activity Fun is a puzzle pad packed to the brim with fun activities for 5-7 years olds, all based around the Easter story. It has 64 fun packed pages including mazes, odd one out, dots to dot, copy drawings, puzzles, colouring and more. Great fun! and a lovely way to engage people with this special story. For £1.99 it's much more fun than an egg and about the same price! Lion Hudson Busy Bees Easter is a lovely Easter activity book with over 100 stickers.It has simple … [Read more...]
Pslams, Prayers and Praises – Lovely Holy Communion Gift
November 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is a lovely selection of prayers for children aged 7+. It is simple in language and designed to be read by the child themselves. The Prayers range from the bible to well known and loved prayers and prayers from saints. It is divided into sections such as thanks and forgiveness and it is beautifully illustrated. It has a clear cover to protect it and it is an ideal gift for a Christian child. A lovely prayer book for a child to keep by the side of their bed. This book costs £6.99 … [Read more...]
RHCBA blog tour: Lee Wildish
November 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
Our guest post is by Lee Wildish, illustrator of Spooky Spooky House shortlisted in the Younger Children category of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013 From a young age I became interested in illustration and art, from doodles in my maths books, to the famous works of art. I still remember my first illustration that anyone saw. 7 years of age. It was at a chess competition, I did not excel at chess but there was an art competition too. I entered a rather odd funny … [Read more...]
Kid Lit Linky: October
October 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Septembers kid lit linky was a great success... Time to link up all those wonderful kids books we have reviewed this October and be inspired by each other all over again Have you reviewed any great kids books this month? It so useful for other parents if you share those books you have read and your thoughts about them. If you have or if you do I would love you to add them to this linky so they could all be shared. The rules are simple. Please have a visit of at least one other person … [Read more...]
How many UK parents read to their children every day?
October 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recent reserarch by Disney tells us only a third (30%) of the UK parenting population read to their children every day, despite 51% of parents surveyed saying storytelling time enables them to spend quality time with their children, and 47% know their children enjoy having stories read to them. I think that is very sad don't you? Two thirds (67%) of parents and grandparents polled feel that modern technology in the home is distracting them from storytelling. As well as this, … [Read more...]
Win a set of fabulous Halloween sticker books
October 2, 2012 By 102 Comments
*The winner is Tiffany Oconnell* Usborne sent me 3 fabulous Halloween sticker books to review. The kids have been having great fun with them and have peeked a little early with all things spooky! This book is is packed with zombies, swamp monsters, ancient mummies Frankenstein's monster and even Count Dracula. It comes with over 200 stickers to dress the spooky characters and horrible extras from bats to brains in jars. Nice! £4.09 My personal favourite, this book is … [Read more...]
Could you Always Find the Little Yellow Duck ?
October 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Do you remember spotting the Usborne Little Yellow Duck? Oh how we loved these books. They taught my children to really observe the illustrations on the page and in doing do they would find lots of fabulous things in the pictures that they had previously missed. He was key to their love of art and them being able to read pictures. Observation is such a great skill. Usborne Publishing is proud to be celebrating 35 years of publishing the evocative illustrations of Stephen … [Read more...]
When I Think of London I Think of Some Amazing Books
September 10, 2012 By 3 Comments
When I think of London I think of..... ...the wonderful 84 Charring Cross Road and Sherlock Holmes and the Wombles, When my kids think of London they think of very different books and themes. They think about cakes, the Olympics, the Jubilee, crafting and 2 rather special books they have read this year. The elegant and educational A Walk in London which we have reviewed and the fabulous London sticker activity book by Priddy (£3.99) which is … [Read more...]
Follow Us!