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Where Bear? by Sophy Henn
Marlow (2 1/12) has made a big switch lately in terms of the books she enjoys. Instead of the simple picture and word books she liked just a few months ago, she now prefers books with a story. I...
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Doodle Nest art books — the perfect way to preserve your children’s art
As part of the process of packing up our house I’ve come across all of the children’s art from the past ten years. I don’t save everything they make, but I do like to keep our favourite pieces, and of...
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Harry by the Sea, by Gene Zion
Harry by the Sea has been a favourite book in our family since Easton was a baby. In fact I was surprised to see that I’ve never properly mentioned it before (apart from a round-up of my boys’...
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I (Don’t) Like Snakes, by Nicola Davies
One of Ivy’s classmates has a couple of pet snakes at home and this last term she brought the snakes into the classroom for the kids to see. The class spent a week talking and learning about snakes,...
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Pretty stamps from Felicette
My love for stamps has seriously rubbed off on my children. We have quite a collection of them and can’t stop discovering more desirable ones. (BTW, I have this same problem with pens — I never seem...
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Keep track of your adventures with Adventure Logs
You might remember these adventure log books from my recent round-up post of gifts to buy your ten-year-old, but I wanted to give them an additional special mention because we’ve been having so much...
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See you next week!
We’ve decided to take a little blogging break this week to enjoy some time away from our computers. We are each in our favourite summer spots enjoying slow, lazy days with our families, and we hope...
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Cotton chalk books — great for travel
Just before we left London, with the impending 9-hour flight to Seattle on my mind, I discovered these cool chalk books from one of our newest shops, Little Goldie. The ‘Chalk & Talk‘ books are...
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Jamberry, by Bruce Degen
We have very recently moved to Scotland and we are so lucky to have a wonderful plot of strawberries and a few raspberry bushes in our garden. We have picked so many berries our fingers are stained...
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The 50 States, by Sol Linero & Gabrielle Balkan
Last summer, while we were driving from California up to Washington State, we played the license plate game with the kids and it led to an interesting discussion about the different states of America....
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The Baby’s Catalogue, written and illustrated by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
My youngest daughter adores dolls. I mean really, she adores dolls! Each one has a name (mainly Annabel) and each one gets bathed (in the real bath) every day. They have their own little outfits, they...
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Nature Notebooks from Mrs. Booth
Before I left London, I spent some times searching the web for fun journals and activity books for the kids to take with them as part of their home education and documentation of their travels. I...
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Momo, by Michael Ende
Do you remember the first book that you read from cover to cover as a child? My first page turner was a book called Momo and I read it on a long, long car journey across Europe one summer. I remember...
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The wonderful world of Storytime magazine
Fables, fairytales, historic tales, poems, myths, stories from around the world — my kids love them all and so do I. On weekend mornings, often one child after the other comes crawling into our big...
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Lester’s Dreadful Sweater, by K.G. Campbell
I have to confess every autumn I have the greatest intentions in knitting my girls something other than a simple scarf. As soon as I see the leaves are about to turn colour, I race to the wool shop...
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The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty, by Beatrice Alemagna
There are so many spectacular picture books out there at the moment and this one is no exception. Beatrice Alemagna’s latest book, The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty, is a modern delight. With...
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Audio books for the half term break
Here in Scotland we’ve already started the October half term break. We’re spending the first half on a staycation in Scotland and for the second half we’re driving to The Netherlands to visit family....
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Babyccino mama reads
I have to admit since having children my reading habit has really slowed down. I’m either too busy packing up the lunches for the next day, or as soon as my head hits the pillow I’m asleep! However,...
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Paris, Up, Up and Away
Vivi has mastered reading in French now and she is experimenting with this new found skill and figuring out how to apply it to English, which is sometimes quite easy and sometimes not so much. It is...
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2015 Holiday Gift Guides now live!
Can you believe we’re talking about the holidays already?!! I can hardly believe it’s November and time to start thinking about holiday gift-buying. Sinterklaas arrives in The Netherlands in just over...
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