Win A Bumper Ladybird & Penguin Bundle | Back To School #ByBook
To celebrate a summer spent #ByBook we’ve been excited to offer you the chance to win not one but FOUR different Penguin Summer Reading #ByBook bumper bundles this August. Sadly it’s the last week this week – but we’re finishing on a good one! Week Four is an acknowledgement that summer is gradually coming to an end, and in households up and down the land thoughts are turning to school. In some houses...
Win A Fab Teens Puffin & Penguin Bundle | Summer Reading #ByBook
To celebrate a summer of travelling #ByBook we’ve been excited to offer you the chance to win not one but FOUR different Penguin Summer Reading #ByBook bumper bundles this August. Here we go with week three of a Summer Reading #ByBook (we’re really enjoying it so far, are you?)! Mid day every Monday we’ll announce a new bundle as we close last week’s, and each week will have a different theme with different...
Our Favourite Ways For A Summer Of Play from Dr Amanda Gummer
Leading child development and play expert, Dr Amanda Gummer advocates the introduction of play to areas outside of the playground, thanks to its proven impact on cognitive development. She comments ‘by disguising a lesson in play, children have fun as well as learn. They relax and become more open to talking about what they think and how they feel. This trick can be a useful tool for parents and teachers as it’s easier to properly...
Win A Brilliant Puffin & Penguin Bumper Bundle | Summer Reading #ByBook
So here we go with week two of A Summer Reading #ByBook! We’re really enjoying it so far, are you? And I’ve also been totally inspired – a few of the featured summer Reading titles *may* have fallen into my kindle when I wasn’t looking (Where My Heart Used To Beat, The Beach, The Night Manager (finally – yes, I’m probably the only grown up on the planet who’s never read a John Le Carré, but...
Win 1 of 3 Properly Cool Lava Sound Systems #BackToSchool
We’re so excited about this one – working with the affordably stylish Lava on a most cool competition to win one of THREE different sound systems. I KNOW! And every single on of these prizes will be totally brilliant for your Back-To-Schooler, ace for a kids bedroom or an always-out teenager. First up is my personal favourite – the BrightSounds2. It’s a relatively unassuming thing at first glance… but...
Blue’s really sorry about the cream carpet.
As you all know by now, this is Blue. We love Blue. Very Much Indeed. And yet, we know she is not blessed with elegance, agility, or any kind of common sense whatsoever. (she gives great hugs though) A year ago we were out for a few hours – during which time, Blue was unwell. And when I say ‘unwell’, I mean she was sicker than a sick thing, with a terrible stomach bug that made her insides become her outsides, both...