The Way Back Home – Oliver Jeffers
Once there as a boy, and one day, he found an aeroplane in his cupboard… He didn’t remember leaving it in there, but he thought he’d take it out for a go right away. At first, all went well and the plane flew higher and higher and higher until… suddenly, with a splutter, it ran out of petrol. The boy was stuck on the moon… and he was not alone… “The Way Back Home” is a fantastic little story – just as you’d expect...
Asus Zenpad 8.0 Z380 – if your kid watches Netflix & YouTube, they’ll love this tablet.
I never ever imagined that we would become a six-tablet household so fast (it doesn’t seem all that long ago that I remember chuntering away to Mr LittleStuff about what an utter waste of time they were. I mean – they couldn’t do anything that my Mac couldn’t, which was under my fingertips for 12hrs a day… *hollow laugh*) But each of us uses our tablets in different ways, and a tablet is only as good as...
The Enchanted Illuminations at Abbotsbury – #GreatDaysOut
Friday saw us head down to Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens (between Weymouth and Lyme Regis on the Dorset Jurassic Coast) for their Enchanted Illuminations event. Established in 1765 by the first Countess of Ilchester as a kitchen garden for her nearby castle, Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens is a fabulous place to spend a few hours. It’s a 30 acre garden, filled with rare and exotic plants from all over the world – and it...
Probably the best girls skate shoes ever – Naturino Sneakers #NotJustForBoys
Have a picky girl dresser? Yes, me too. Particularly, it seems, when it comes to footwear. And this winter my girl took against trainers – she wanted the best girls skate shoes, pleasethankyou. When we started working with the amazingly lovely people at Naturino they asked if we’d like to review. In fact, they insisted – “no, really, you must. Our shoes are different. We promise.” Now my daughter Bear is...
VQ Christie – LOVE this clever & pretty little digital retro radio
Ages ago, my beloved leather-clad vintage-look kitchen radio slowly died a crackling, buzzing, untune-able death. When I looked for a replacement, I had just two criteria – that it would look stylish and lovely in my kitchen (basically it needed to be pretty enough to raise a smile every time I turned it on), and that it would have an iPod dock; a lot of my audio books are on my iPod, and they’re my listening of choice for...
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...