Booktrust marks Children’s Book Week by unveiling top reads for kids and teenagers Parents take note: the charity Booktrust today celebrates Children’s Book Week, by announcing their definitive list of 100 books every child must read before they’re 14. Drawing from over 90 years’ experience of recommending children’s books; Booktrust experts selected the final 100 … Read more
Earlier this week I published my review of the Children’s Bookcase from Tidy Books, if you didn’t see it you can read it here. If you have a child who loves to read then no doubt you will also have lots and lots of books to find homes for. As lovely as it is to … Read more
I think it’s important to encourage a good relationship between children and reading so we like to start our children off young with their books. With each of the children we have begun reading to them whilst they are still young babies and have made reading a story part of their bedtime routine. So far, … Read more
Oh wouldn’t we all love the chance to be a Million Pound Mum, I know I would. I know that money doesn’t make the world go around, or indeed buy you happiness, but it’s got to make things easier right? It would be nice to have enough money that you could just book that weekend … Read more
It’s exciting isn’t it? Waiting for a new baby to arrive!! At the moment we are all waiting with baited breath for the safe arrival of the Royal Baby. Will it be a boy or girl? I still remember seeing the news when Prince Charles and Lady Diana stepped out onto the hospital steps carrying … Read more
Wouldn’t it be satisfying if kids lounged around with a book or two on those long summer days? Children’s publisher, Little Tiger Press, has teamed up with Tidy Books; children’s bookcase company to promote Little Tiger’s Reading Rocks! summer reading campaign, aimed to combat the traditional summer holiday reading dip. There is lots going on … Read more
Are you tired of seeing only the top of your child’s head as it is buried away in the land of electronic gaming? We limit the time that our children are allowed to play and at times I feel like we are being mean when we tell Curly it is time to switch off but … Read more
I was recently sent a copy of The Sixty Minute Grandparent to review, the book was released on the 11th April and is a ‘go to’ book for Grandparents. There are many different kinds of grandparents – tired-out or over-eager, super-involved or unsure how to help, unwilling or ever-ready. In this simple book Rob Parsons … Read more
In October last year I told you about the new book by Yelena Black which is due to be published on 14th February 2013. This really was a book which I couldn’t put down (and that doesn’t happen often!), it had me gripped right from the start and now I can give Mummy Matters readers … Read more