The Power of Puzzles for Older Adults
As we age, it becomes increasingly important to engage in activities that promote mental acuity [...]
Jun
Why Self Publish A Children’s Book on Amazon?
So your child, or yourself, have written a story that you think deserves sharing with [...]
Jan
Why Do We Need Libraries?
Since 2010, 850 libraries have closed across the country and there’s more and more shutting [...]
Aug
How To Get Secondary School Kids To Read
Nearly every parent I’ve ever spoken to, including myself, has come across the problem of [...]
Apr
The Best School Fundraising Ideas
Now that schools are back (hurrah), it’s time for the PTA committees and the schools [...]
Apr
Books V Ebooks
The books v ebooks debate has been a constant over the past few years, and [...]
Apr
What Is It About Monopoly?
It’s true that traditional games are on the up & up, but what is it [...]
Jan
Traditional Games Are On The Up & Up
It’s official, traditional games are on the up & up- big time! How do we [...]
Dec
Covid19 Safe Halloween
With Halloween around the corner, children are confused as to what is allowed, and what’s [...]
Oct
The Origins of Halloween
The word Halloween is short for All Hallows’ Evening also known as Hallowe’en or All [...]
Oct
A Handy List of Websites for Lockdown
With children on lockdown and the choice of activity hubs becoming overwhelming, we decided to [...]
May
World Book Day-Fun Facts
World Book Day is a special day created by UNESCO to encourage a love of [...]
Mar
The Top 5 Santa’s Grottos
Where would Christmas be without the visit to Santa’s Grotto? It’s probably the only queue [...]
Dec
5 Things We Should Teach Our Kids
When you hold that tiny newborn you aren’t prepared for the bolt of love lightening [...]
Oct
How We Choose our Baby Names
Baby name books are one of the most popular gifts for parents-to-be, but how much [...]
Oct
5 of the World’s Best Children’s Libraries
We love a library and with the UK faced with multiple closures it’s important we [...]
Aug
The World’s Craziest Races
Is it that some people have way too much time on their hands, or that [...]
Jul
Keep Cool In a Heatwave
Who would’ve thought we would be writing about heatwaves in July in the UK. It [...]
Jul
How to Encourage a Child to Read
Recent studies have show that reading for pleasure is more important to a child’s educational [...]
Jun
The Reason For Rhyme
What is the reason for rhyme? it’s quite simple, it’s fun to read and fun [...]
Jun
Top 10 Things Kids Want from Parents.
As a new parent it’s so hard to know what kids want. It’s hard to [...]
May
100 years of Ladybird books
In 2015 we marked the 100 year anniversary of Ladybird Books. I learned to read [...]
Feb
10 Most Common Superstitions
As someone who was brought up in a house ruled by superstitions it was inevitable [...]
Sep
Top 10 Richest Songs of All time
If I was to guess the Top 10 biggest money making songs of All Time [...]
Jul