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Nell & the Circus of Dreams — an inspiring book about dreams coming true
For seven years I have been to the most magical and inspiring summertime event in the UK called Gifford’s Circus. I wrote about our family trip to Gifford’s Circus last year, (if you live in the UK,...
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Our Summer reads
We are off on the road this week, so I have just come back from a last minute dash to the WH Smith down on Rue de Rivoli to pick up some good summer reads for all of us! I do have a Kindle but I still...
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‘Read to Your Baby Every Day’ edited by Rachel Williams, embroidered by Chloe...
I adore gifting books and when a dear friend recently became a mama I was thrilled to find this beautiful book, Read to you Baby Every Day — a compilation of 30 classic nursery rhymes to read aloud to...
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‘Cookies: Bite Sized Life Lessons’
Cooperation is, “how about I add the chocolate chips while you stir the cookie dough?” Patience is waiting, waiting, and more waiting for the cookies to be finished baking. And respect is offering the...
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The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle by David Litchfield
The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle has recently become one of our favourite reads. Written by David Litchfield this is the sequel to the wonderful The Bear and the Piano. Hector, the fiddle...
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Encouraging children to read! Here are ten tips.
Both my oldest children are avid readers. Especially Sara is the kind of person who reads everything she can get her hands on: novels, series, educational books, newspapers, magazines, the back of...
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‘Hey Grandude!’— a picture book by Paul McCartney!
Grandude is not your everyday kind of grandfather. True, he has some stereotypical grandfather characteristics. He lives in a very normal house in a very normal street. He has snow-white hair and a...
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Early Riser Companion: Rhythms & Rituals, Traditions & Transitions by...
Longtime readers of this blog will remember reading posts from Elizabeth Antonia in Los Angeles. She has been a friend of ours for many years, has contributed to this blog, supported our LA-based...
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‘Would you Rather…?’ by John Burningham
I remember the first time I played a ‘Would you Rather…’ game. I was a freshman in college and we played in my friend’s dorm room, laughing our heads off. So fun! Who doesn’t love thinking about...
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“Hotel Flamingo” by Alex Milway — a sweet series for the young
A friend recently told me about Hotel Flamingo so when I saw a copy in our local library I immediately picked it up for Florence. It is absolutely delightful and we’ve both fallen in love with the...
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Picture Books for Toddlers: Wilkie’s current favourites
About a year ago, I shared a selection of Wilkie’s favourite picture books, many of which are still on rotation as his favourite bedtime reads. But he’s beginning to enjoy the slightly longer stories...
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Memorizing Poetry, a lost art? Let’s talk about the benefits.
I’m just back from Community Meeting at my children’s school, which is a short weekly gathering of all the children in grades PreK-3 (so, ages 4 through 8 or 9 years old) and their parents. Typically...
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Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty
Both of my girls are huge fans of Rosie Revere, Engineer. Helena once dressed as Rosie for World Book Day and totally inspired her classmates to jump on board with reading the book. Florence has...
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Revisiting summer memories with photo books, and strategies for moving photos...
I’m now five and half years into parenthood and I still haven’t developed a consistent method for archiving and printing photos…please tell me I’m not the only one! I’ve had stretches where I ordered...
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Madame Badobedah by Sophie Dahl
If there is only one book I urge you to purchase this holiday season it’s this one, Madame Badobedah. It is truely astounding!! It’s anigmatic and mysterious and hysterically fun. It’s absolutely...
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Fresh Books for the Shelf, to help bring cultural heritage into the lives of...
At the beginning of December we held the Babyccino Shopup event, and myself and the wonderful panel of women who joined us discussed how we are bringing our cultural heritage into the lives of our...
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Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker and Zoe Persico
Climate Change is becoming a huge topic for children to discuss nowadays, in the home and at school. I read a fabulous article in Lunch Lady (Issue 9) on How to Talk to Kids about Climate Change where...
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The Girls by Lauren Ace and Jenny Lovlie
“The four women were still as different as they were the same. And they were still the best of friends.” The Girls by Lauren Ace and Jenny Lovlie is a gorgeous picture book and it’s well celebrated in...
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The Dictionary of Difficult Words by lexicographer Jane Solomon
Florence was gifted The Dictionary of Difficult Words by Jane Solomon for her birthday and it’s been a great hit in our house. It is filled with over 400 whimsical words which continually amaze us and...
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Good books for teenagers — Sara’s now favourite reads
It’s already nearly two years ago that I asked Sara to share her favourite books, and many of you have asked to share her current favourites. She is nearly 15 years old now, and still absolutely loves...
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