I recently borrowed a vintage book from a friend called The Language of Flowers. It’s a published facsimile version of a handwritten book with over 700 entries of flowers and plants and their meanings. I’ve been wandering around taking photos of nature’s gardens in the winter, searching for any blooms, and will include some of […]
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My daughter discovered a very special book on nature for children. She was drawn to the cover and then slowly looked through the pages before telling me she really wanted A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies. I had just told her to pick any book when we visited Wakehurst Place managed by Kew
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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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Top author of children’s books and masses of ideas for kids’ activities. What’s the correlation? Kids picture books by British author Julia Donaldson. Here are some of the activity ideas for starters: making paper doll chains, designing masks, playing with sticks, painting with hands and performing in a play. All these kids indoors and outdoors
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