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‘Where would I be without you?’-Guillaume Musso

April 15, 2011

Only just translated into English, Guilliaume Musso’s book ‘Where would I be without you?‘ will keep most people enthralled from the beginning until the end. Musso has sold a staggering eight million books in less than seven years and this latest book sold a million copies just in France. Firstly I must say don’t be [...]

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Bedtime Stories and a competition

March 8, 2011

I have always loved reading stories to my children, in fact I have spent the day planning and looking forward to a particular bedtime story many many times. I love the joy it gives and I love being immersed in the innocent story that takes you out of the day to day grind. So I [...]

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Parenting Tips- Encouraging children to read

February 11, 2011

Having gone through the ‘learning to read’ process four times so far,  I thought I would share my tips for getting children reading and enjoying it, some may seem obvious, others not so. Frequently people ask me how they can get their children to read but more often than not it is the reading material [...]

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My Favourite Book-Friday Club Carnival

January 28, 2011

How on earth do you choose one favourite book ever? I can’t , I really couldn’t. I started reading at a very young age and have never stopped but I have to admit as an adult although I read lots of fabulous books that I love, I never read them again. So, I can only [...]

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Not so wordless Wednesday

November 3, 2010

I know……I’m procrastinating! I’m good at that. Instead of doing this post I should be writing for National Novel Writing Month. You may have seen the tweets #NaNoWriMo ? Well this is what they are all about. This time last week I had not even heard of it but I’m sure by now you will [...]

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Monkey Business with Winnie The Pooh

October 25, 2010

It’s not very often we get to go out altogether as a family…..children of varying ages means they have different needs and interests, but you really can’t go wrong with a zoo can you. We went to London Zoo to celebrate the Winnie The Pooh stamp collection by The Royal Mail. Ten stamps celebrating the [...]

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Mess! Arghh…

June 19, 2010

Ever wished you’d never started a job? I have spent six hours today in my seven year old daughter’s bedroom trying to sort out the atrocious mess that it is in and I still haven’t finished. In fact it looks even worse at the moment and the mess now seems to have spread to the [...]

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The Tale of One Cheeky Monkey and A Dog

April 26, 2010
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Do You Love To Read?

February 25, 2010

Does anyone else sigh if their toddler chooses a book they really don’t like reading and try and encourage them to pick something else up? I particularly don’t like books that have been written as a condensed version of a children’s film, or around characters that are on television. For some reason those books just [...]

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