As a child, I would have my Mum read my Nursery Rhyme book to me repeatedly at bedtimes. I couldn’t get enough of them. Even as I grew up, I couldn’t bring myself to give it away, so I kept it for my own children,…
children's books
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How the Night Zookeeper can save your Summer holidays
Way back at the beginning of 2016, Lillie and I began a love affair with a series of children’s storybooks called the Night Zookeeper. The Night Zookeeper is a boy called Tom who finds himself in a magical world his Grandma told him about filled…
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Support Dementia Research with Benny’s Adventures at Rose Cottage
As a blogger one of the things that I love doing is helping to give smaller ventures a bigger voice, especially when these things are so close to my heart. In a lifetime, long, long ago I used to live in the small Lincolnshire market…
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The Wandering Worm and The Tale of the Greedy Fish Books
Dennis Thompson is the author and illustrator of ‘The Tale of the Greedy Fish’. The book was originally published with Kickstarter funding in 2014. He wrote and illustrated the book for his daughter Heidi. The Kickstarter project was funded 151% and raised over £4000 to…
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Calling Tractor Ted fans for this great giveaway!!
When Albie was little Tractor Ted was one of his favourite characters, he would get so excited if he saw him on TV or spotted one of his books. A few days ago I spotted the amazing Tractor Ted junior bed which Albie would have…
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Tips on Writing a Children’s Book Review
What is a good review? A good review is both a review and critique of a particular work I’m talking about book reviews, and all this information can be used successfully when writing reviews for movies, theatrical performances, games or music collections. A good review…
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Birthday Gift Ideas for 10-year-old girl
I have managed to pull together a birthday gift ideas for a 10-year-old girl . . . Let’s skip the part where I am in denial that my daughter is going to be 10 years old in a few weeks, it just doesn’t seem possible?!
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Six copies of National Geographic How to speak Emoji to be won!
Just when you think you have got this whole parenting lark figured how, someone throws a curve ball at you and you feel completely helpless again. I have heard myself mention to a few people recently that they didn’t prepare you for the junior/teen years…
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WIN a set of four My Little Pony The Movie books {#MyLittlePonyBooks}
My Little Pony first came into my life when I was a child, Applejack being my favourite. Fast forward thirty-something years and now I am enjoying them all over again through Lillie. Lillie is a completely girly girl who LOVES My Little Pony as much…