Month: June 2017

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are my favourite pairing of author and illustrator in children’s literature. I was captivated from the first time we read...

Fibonacci Zoo, by Tom Robinson

Mr 7 at our place considers himself a bit of a mathematician: we recently had a book called ‘Number Places’ that he whipped through as...

Begin Early…

Begin early in exposing children to books. The mother who fails to read to her small children does a disservice to them and a disservice...

Holiday Booking

When planning our 11-day family trip to Bali I was determined to pack light. Everyone had one pair of shoes, a set of bathers, a...