Bringing books back to bedtime
There are so many distractions for kids (and adults, for that matter) these days that World Book Day becomes more and more necessary every year. A global initiative to encourage more children to read, there’s few parents who missed the UNESCO event which took place on Thursday 7 March this year. The scheme is dedicated to making books accessible to children everywhere. In the UK and Ireland alone over 14 million book...
Spotted! Pride & Prejudice – as a poster. No, really!
I love this poster, on two levels. Firstly – it’s ve-e-ry pretty, no? Secondly – those grey columns contain the ENTIRE novel. Oh yes. I could have my very favourite book of all time up on the wall! Isn’t it a genius idea? And it’s not just Pride & Prejudice – oh no. There’s a range of books to choose from – I’m loving Peter Pan for a child’s room too: All of them were...
Bestest Christmas Gift Book Guide – When It Snows
One of our top tips for a Christmas book this year – When It Snows is SUCH a magical book. The story is very simple; when it snows, the world is blanketed and stops. But for one little boy and his teddy, there seems to be no reason not to keep right on going. And there’s a clever little twist at the end to make a small child think, blink… and then want to read it again. But alongside the charming story run the...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – have you met AbeBooks? You MUST.
You kn0w how, sometimes, you come across a company or website that is so brilliantly perfectly simple that you are staggered that you never found it before? Well – AbeBooks is going to be one of THOSE moments for you. I found them through a newspaper article a couple of years ago – listing the 50 Books Every Child Should Read. Since then I’ve been a regular visitor, have never ever failed to be made happy –...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – 2013 Guinness World Records.
*ahem* SNR 0509-675 was a type 1a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own, which occurred around 400 years ago. The remnant of the explosion is a bubble of gas some 23 light years across, and expending at more than 18 million km/h (11.2 million mi/h). In January 2012, astronomer’s studying the remnant proved that the supernova was caused by two white dwarf stars colliding. The remnant is around 160,000...
Spotted! Gorgeous Nosy Crow picture books
Seen over on the always-brilliant Burp! Boutique – the new set of picture books from Nosy Crow, including the Pip and Posy range by Axel Scheffler. LOVE these books.