Blogging posts on British country, city and home life with children.
I smiled as I pulled out a large book from a box filled with children’s books once owned by my nephew and nieces. When I looked through the pages memories came streaming back of reading the books by this author when I was younger – All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise […]
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I was reading outside when I suddenly heard a buzzing noise near me. I looked up and there was a hummingbird studying me. It hovered at my eye-level and then zoomed away like an avian superhero. During June in the Hamptons in New York State we spied this incredible tiny bird – whose wings beat
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The tale of one little dandelion seed begins in autumn and then continues through the seasons as we follow its life journey. At first, this lone seed in The Dandelion Seed by Joseph Anthony is afraid to let go. But the winter wind blows it away from the security of a garden. Alone it drifts
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Down down down the dark dark street they came…. And so the story begins about girl pirates who take the front of a house to disguise their pirate ship. And they welcome aboard a young boy called Tom on their adventure. After all it’s his house they’re using. This is The Night Pirates by British
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One of our favourite children’s books about dinosaurs is Mungo and the Dinosaur Island. Why? There are baddies in it – and that’s not the dinosaurs, not even T-Rex. No, they’re Scarface Sam and his gang hunting for the ‘Utterly Flutterly Butterfly.’ The book comes alive. The dinosaurs come running out of the book into
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I’ve always been curious how pop-up books are designed, more so when my daughter received as a gift the stunning Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adaptation by Robert Sabuda. Now I’m one step closer since my kids have learnt how to make pop-up cards. I uncovered over 40 different free templates for pop-up cards with detailed instructions. And
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