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Another great book review from Charlene at Moderate Mum. A really interesting blog site with Charlene’s own “Mission Acceptance” series of blogs for 2016, with are definitely worth a read. So we gave Charlene a new mission to review a personalised copy of The Little Stork & My Given Name. Charlene, who lives in Brighton with her partner Graham and son Roscoe, has spent

We sent a book to Cassie at Lily’s Little Learners which is a popular blog site focusing on family, lifestyle and children’s learning. Cassie is also running a competition and giving away a free personalised The Little Stork & My Given Name book. Cassie is, of course, mummy to her lovely little girl Lily, who is subject of the personalised book being reviewed.

Rhyming books can be great fun for children and actually great fun for parents to read. Perhaps less obvious are the great benefits to early reading skills and literacy. A number of studies confirm this benefit and indicate that knowledge of rhymes help children progress in reading once they start school. Rhyming will help young children notice the sounds that words

It is a fantastic thing to watch the joy of your children opening their gifts at Christmas. To see the delight in their little faces as they open each gift and find the special presents they have been waiting for months. They have discovered the joy in receiving, but should we also teach them the joy and warmth of giving

We can’t always guarantee the snow will fall on Christmas Day – in fact it was Christmas 2010 when we last had a good snow coverage in the UK. But for many of us having that snowy feeling is always synonymous with a Christmassy feeling. Here is our guide to bringing that snowy feeling to your Christmas in 2015 whether