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The Nowhere Emporium, by Ross MacKenzie
We’ve just completed the first leg of our summer road trip – a six hour journey to the overnight boat to The Netherlands and amongst the bags of sun screen and beach toys (because I’m insisting the...
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Leap & Hop Travel Books for Kids
My friend Henley from Passported recently introduced me to the wonderful Leap & Hop series of travel books for children, and I only wish I had known about these earlier! The children would have...
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Cloth Lullaby by Amy Novesky, pictures by Isablle Arsenault
Cloth Lullaby is one of those dreamy books that deserves a special place in your home. It’s so good I almost can’t allow the girls to keep it in their bedroom; I want to show it off and tell everybody...
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The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls
At the start of the summer, when we were in London before heading down to Italy, our dear friend Delfina from Fanny & Alexander was in town and came over with some thoughtful little gifts for the...
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A Must-Have DIY Book for Girls!
A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I’d be interested in doing a review on this craft book called I Can Make My Own Accessories (a follow-on from their super successful book I can Make Dolls’...
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Louis I, King of the Sheep by Oliver Tallec
Never judge a book by a cover – right? So what looks like a really fun picture book has just completely turned our heads upside down. Olivier Tallec’s latest book, Louis I King of the Sheep, is so...
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Sweet Collections from The Book Jar Company
Last summer I discovered The Book Jar Company through a really sweet image posted on instagram. That’s what I love about Instagram – how it connects me to small companies who deserve success. When I...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s Top Ten Book List
I am so excited to share this Top Ten with you all! Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s is an incredible writer. Her latest book, The Girl of Ink and Stars is truely superb and I shall be writing a separate...
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Books the Babyccino team love!
A few months ago I started an email asking the girls on the Babyccino team to list some of their favourite children’s books. I thought it would be a fun idea to share our favourite books with you! But...
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The children’s travel journals turned into a book with Doodle Nest!
As I’ve mentioned before, each of our children kept a journal during our travels this year. They wrote in their journals at least once or twice a week, documenting each country and noting down...
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Books my boys have enjoyed lately
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we recently spent a few weeks in my family’s beach house on Bainbridge Island, spending lots of time inside due to wet, rainy weather. The kids were blowing through...
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Chris Haughton’s Top Ten Book List
Any one of Chris Haughton’s books, if not all of them should grace everyone’s bookshelves. Ssh! We Have a Plan is awesome and A Bit Lost is just the sweetest. I can’t wait to read his latest,...
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Three beautiful new books from Thames & Hudson
I’m a big, big, huge fan of Thames & Hudson. I’ve done a review for their I can Make my own Accessories crafting book for kids already but just recently I received three new super children’s books...
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‘Singing Away The Dark’ by Caroline Woodward
I absolutely adore the illustrations by Julie Morstad so when I picked up this book, Singing away the Dark from Niddle Noddle I immediately fell for it. It’s such a lovely winter time book and one of...
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Illuminature, a magical discovery of some of the world’s most diverse habitats
We are big fans of the British publisher Wide Eyed Editions. Their books are always so educative and informative, tapping into children’s (and adults’!) natural curiosity for the world around them....
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‘A Beauty Collected’ by Rachel Garahan
I’m a real believer that we as parents are our child’s first teacher. We encourage our child’s natural development. We enrich their lives from the experiences we provide and we guide them through...
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‘Me’ by Wee Gallery
Ava was recently given ‘Me’ by Wee Society, and it’s such a lovely activity book — perfect for her age now that she just started to read and write this school year. The book is actually a fill-in...
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Indestructibles — books for babies (and their big siblings!)
Don’t you love it when your books or toys get a new lease on life? I think this is why I am drawn to quality items that last year after year and have multi purposes. And now we have realised that a...
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‘The Everest Files’ by Matt Dickenson
Helena, my eldest, is currently totally enthralled with her current school topic — Extreme Survivors. She’s already been on a school trip where she had to ‘survive’ for the day trekking through the...
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Sophy Henn’s Top Ten Book List
My girls and I are big fans of Sophy Henn. We adore her picture book, Where Bear? which Courtney introduced me to. And her latest book Pass It On is utterly divine. Full of love and hugs and loads of...
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