Ragtales and the three mice. DON’T miss these.
To call these soft little chaps ‘rag mice’ is doing them a bit of a disservice, isn’t it? I mean these guys are CUTE. Properly, achingly, can’t-put-them-down swee-e-e-e-eet. A few months ago we told you all about Ragtales, Mr Darcy Bear, and how they’re producing some Very Special Toys Indeed. But we saved the best for later. Because much as I love Mr Darcy Bear in his gorgeous duffle coat? These three...
Dear Parents, Even Your Non-Gamer Teens Need A Gaming Laptop
You may of course own a Gamer Teen like me – one who has been wailing for months that she neeeeds a new PC (but seriously – where are you going to PUT one?). Or your teen (and you) may think Steam is simply what makes creases come out of clothes (and concentrated-chicken-poo-dog-sick come out of the carpet…).Either way, they Need A Gaming Laptop. So we need to make a few things clear. Firstly – Gen Z teens NEED...
Tilly Ramsay’s menu at Heddon Street Kitchen
Casual, comfortable and kid-friendly, Gordon Ramsay Group’s Heddon Street Kitchen all day restaurant serves up brunch, lunch and dinner, and has launched a new children’s menu with Tilly Ramsay’s seal of approval. Gordon Ramsay’s youngest daughter, 14 year-old Tilly, has lent her name to Heddon Street Kitchen’s tasty new menu of seasonal dishes for kids. Recently seen fronting her own cookery and lifestyle show, Matilda And The...
Win a £210 Kauffmann Winter Special Down Single Duvet? Yes please #WinterISComing
It’s October now. HOW did that happen quite so fast? I swear, I just nipped down to make a pot of coffee, and when I came back to the office a whole month had slipped past. So when DownDuvet got in touch and asked if you might be keen to win a Kauffmann Winter Special duvet, I might have jumped up so hard I hit my head on the ceiling (Ow.) Because Winter IS Coming (thanks Jon – see, you DO know something), and there is...
The astonishingly lovely ‘Imaginary Fred’ from Eoin Colfer & Oliver Jeffers
Any conversation about children’s books is going to feature a couple of names at some point. Oliver Jeffers. One of the very best picture book authors/Illustrators in the whole widest world. We have a complete library, and my book-absorbing 8yr old STILL regularly revisits the astonishingly beautiful ‘Stuck’ and ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ on a regular basis. And Eoin Colfer – the man who gave the...
The Chicken Run – Mean Girl and the Henpecked Hen
When the girls arrived with us a few weeks ago, we knew there’d be a settling in period as they adjusted to life as a sisterhood of four in their new home. We understood they had to work out their own little pecking order, and that it would take a few days for them to shake down together. What I didn’t know was that chickens can be Mean Girls! The first day we watched them avidly, and personalities very quickly emerged (NB...