Tag: reading
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To Celebrate World Book Day #giveaway
Where to buy books in St Albans, Herts I think it’s absolutely shocking that 3 in 10 kids in the UK do not own books. I’ve never counted them but I’d hazard a guess that there are between 75-100 books upstairs in my daughters room. She has everything from picture books to non-fiction. I appreciate…
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Do you read to your kid’s every night?
‘83.6% of Mums spend time reading to their children at bed time, despite studies showing a growing number of Mums returning to work’ As a working mum, I’m often tired after being on the motorway and fairly stressed by the time I get home, but the one thing I make sure I do every night…
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Struggling to read messages on your phone?
I thought this was pure genius so I wanted to share it with you. I’m now in my 40s and a few months ago I started noticing that I was struggling to read text messages on my iPhone. I was having to progressively hold my phone farther and farther away until it came into focus. Oh…
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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…
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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…