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There’s a Bear on my Chair, by Ross Collins
There’s a Bear on my Chair has very clearly become a favourite of Florence’s. She’s carried it everywhere this past week and I love it when I hear her shout, “Mama there’s a bear on my chair”, when...
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Journalling
We gave the kids journals for their birthdays last spring in anticipation of our big journey ahead. I had hoped they would write in them regularly (daily even!) to document the things they see and...
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Christmas Book Advent Calendar (Updated)
I wrote my first post for Babyccino on 29th November 2009 (I can’t believe it – almost 6 years ago!) and it was about an idea that I had to wrap up 24 Christmas themed books to create a Christmas Book...
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Bringing Autumn into the home
Having lived overseas in places where the sun shines warmly every day (sigh) and there are only two seasons to live in, there were times when I really missed seeing the four seasons. Here in Scotland...
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The Claude Series by Alex T. Smith
Helena, my eldest, loves to read. But she’d rather read lots of shorter chapter books then one long one. When I found Claude on the Slopes at the local library I was thrilled to find a series I knew...
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Flying Eye Books at the ShopUp next week!
It is nearly impossible for us to walk by our local independent children’s bookstore, Tales on Moon Lane, here in Herne Hill and not go in (or at least stop and admire their latest window displays!)....
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Kids Cook French, by Claudine Pépin
I’m so excited to share this book with you! It ticks all the right boxes for me: a cookbook for kids that is sophisticated, recipes which makes children want to enjoy real, wholesome food and delicate...
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Two books by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak
I had my first child over eight years ago and can’t believe I didn’t find these books until this year – I know I will buy them for every baby born from here on out!!! In fact I want to buy them for...
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Ida Pearl — The Moon is going to Addy’s House
When we were in NY for our ShopUp event recently, I had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Ida Pearl, artist, writer, violinist and illustrator. Ida and I had a long chat, and we experienced that...
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Christmas Eve at The Mellops’, written by Tomi Ungerer
I recently read an article on the Icelandic tradition of gifting a book on Christmas Eve and then spending the evening reading it. Isn’t it such a lovely idea? The thought of each of us cosying up on...
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Tell me a Picture (Quentin Blake)
My favourite subject at school was History of Art – I loved finding out the stories behind a picture and I loved how the more you looked, the more you saw. I’ve spoken before (here) about taking my...
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Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) A Seaside Holiday by Kathleen Hale
In the October half-term holiday we took off to Cornwall for a few days of much needed rest & recuperation. We had no expectations about the weather (well this is England!) we just packed our...
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Sarah Glover and The Paper Creative
Sarah Glover of The Paper Creative is one seriously talented lady. Not only does she illustrate beautiful children’s books, she writes them, self publishes them and has even launched her own line of...
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‘On a Beam of Light’ by Jennifer Berne & Vladimir Radunsky (and a personal...
I discovered this delightful book recently. I was specifically looking for a book about the life of Albert Einstein for my eldest son (who is nearly nine) and came across this one. We discovered that...
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Our secret to road trip survival: David Walliams’ audio books!
We’ve been doing A LOT of driving over the past five months, something that might seem seriously unappealing to most parents, especially with a carload of restless children, but which we’ve found to...
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Sweet illustrations, by Laura Uy
Laura Uy is a Canadian illustrator with such a lovely, playful style. Her work mainly focusses on greeting cards and prints, which make great decor pieces for children’s rooms. I love that bear in the...
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Gingerbread Wonderland by Mima Sinclair
We’ve had such a cosy winter holiday spending our days with the fire lit, reading books and baking in the kitchen. We’ve made our favourite chocolate brownies, delicious soups and even roasted...
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Once Upon a Northern Night, words by Jean E. Pendziwol and illustrated by...
Every line in this beautiful lullaby is peaceful, calming and mindful. Just like a lullaby should be. Once Upon a Northern Night is an ode to the wonder and the beauty of a snowy winter night and as...
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There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie, by Rebecca Colby and Kate...
We had such a fun start to the week celebrating the life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns here in Scotland. Helena learned about and read Burn’s poetry in school and Florence painted tartan, danced...
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Origami Fortune Teller Set by Djeco
Do you remember playing the game paper fortune tellers when you were at school? I had such fun with my friends in the playground excitedly opening up the prediction to see what we had to do – we wrote...
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