Disclaimer: I have received a complimentary copy of ‘100 Best Christmas Poems for Children’ for the purposes of this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  We love snuggling together and reading a Christmas story from our book advent calendar each night in December. This year we’re also going to add a Christmas… Read More
Grief is a journey that none of us want to take, and yet nearly all of us will find ourselves having to navigate it at some point in our lives. It’s a journey that we can never quite prepare ourselves for and the path through can often be hard to find, especially as grief is… Read More
Those moments when our children start crying or having a tantrum can be challenging ones. We are often encouraged to end our children’s tears as quickly as possible – through fixing the problem, or distracting them, or finding other techniques to help stop them crying. Kate Orson’s book Tears Heal, focuses on allowing our children… Read More
Is it a storybook? Is it a colouring book? Is it a puzzle book? My Giant Fairy Tale Activity Book, our latest Book Buddy book from Parragon Books, is a combination of all three – featuring four well-known fairy tales, with various activities to help bring the story to life and encourage learning and creativity.… Read More
I have a confession to make. When reading books, I frequently get a little bored in the middle and flick ahead to find out how the book ends before deciding whether the ending might be worth the journey to get there. For me, there are two signs of a good book. Firstly, it keeps me… Read More