Reading improves imagination and concentration while providing your child with the essential skills that they need to navigate through life. It’s not until we have a crack at teaching our children for ourselves that we realise how hard it actually is. We have teamed up with a childcare provider in Kew to share a few…
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AD| Personalised Children’s Book Review from In The Book
Reading has always been a passion of mine. The earliest book I remember falling in love with Enid Blyton’s ‘The Naughtiest Girl in School’. I read it so many times that eventually I knew it word for word by heart. As I grew up, my taste in books changed. My next favourite book was ‘Along…
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Win 3 Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Mind Books!
With everything going on in the world at the moment, more and more people are trying to find new ways to implement healthy routines into their lives and focus on their mental and emotional wellbeing. That’s why I’ve teamed up with Welbeck Publishing to offer one lucky reader the chance to win three healthy lifestyle,…
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Book Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner who has learnt from painful experience to stay away from her classmates. When the two strike up a conversation in Marianne’s kitchen –…
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Book Review: Where The Crawdads Sing
*Post contains affiliate links For years, rumors of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she…
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Book Review: The Girl in the Mustard Coat by Emily Rose Chriscoli
*Post contains affiliate links “Thirty-eight years I worked on the force,” Frank said. “And I’ve never forgotten Beth Maguire. I always thought I’d get him. But he was the one who got away.” Thirteen years ago, the sleepy little village of Arlington Heath was rocked by the murder of schoolgirl Beth Maguire. Despite a rigorous…
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Review: Claude Books by Alex T Smith
My children and I love to read books together. During the summer holidays they took part in and completed the summer reading challenge. Books are such an important of my life. For as long as I can remember I’ve read books. From Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series to James Patterson’s Alex Cross Detective Series. Books…
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AD| The Importance of Reading with your Children Plus Win a Goody Bag!
Disclaimer: In association with Book Trust @BookTrust will be running a Twitter party on Thursday 19th September from 8-9pm where you’ll have the chance to win book tokens. They’ll also be joined by developments psychologist, Emma Kenny, who will be answering questions on the night as part of the Twitter Party, along with me @Twinmumanddad…
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Book Review: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
*Post contains affiliate links This is the first Sophie Kinsella book that I’ve read, and I have to say that I think she’s a fantastic, engaging writer. I picked up this book from a Facebook book swapping group. This is basically a group where book lovers can swap books (usually via post as people in…