Tag: books

  • Little Girl Who Lost her Name

    I was really hoping to write this post last week, as it was National Book Day but time got away on me and we read the most delightful book, the Little Girl Who Lost her Name by David Cadji Newby. It all starts with a little girl who wakes up in the morning to find…

  • Bud & Roo’s Spectacular Adventures – The Beach by Jessica Valentine

    Fostering a love of reading I do love a book that inspires a bit of Art.  Bud & Roo’s Spectacular Adventure is about two doggies who dig up treasures and sniff their way to where it has come from.  The Author, Jessica Valentine wanted to create a book that her 5 year old could read…

  • My Top 5: Slow Cooker Recipe Books for Christmas

    If you’re looking to buy someone a Slow Cooker Recipe Book for Christmas, these are my all time favourite 5.  I have quite a collection of Slow Cooker Recipe books but I always find myself going back to these ones again and again. 1)      Ultimate Slow Cooker Book Over 100 simple, delicious recipes by Sara…

  • Great Books for Kids!

    Gotta love a book that inspires a bit of impromptu crafting!  Tamara Small and the Monsters’s Ball by Giles Paley-Phillips,  is a delightful story with amazing illustrations. Madame’s Monster! Disclosure:  We received the book complimentary  

  • 1 in 3 children in London do not own a book!

    I was absolutely horrified to read in a paper a few weeks ago, that 1 in 3 children in London do not own a book!  One child, when asked to bring a book into school, brought an Argos catalogue as this was the only book in the house. Bloody hell! I believe this stems to…