I find myself regularly drawn to non-fiction books. I love being able to just dip in and out when I feel like it and there’s something very satisfying about finding out something new – every day is a school day, and at that… My children seem to be following in the same footsteps, particularly my…
We do love a bit of non-fiction action in our house and these brand-new, informative hardbacks, published by Wide Eyed Editions, have really hit the spot. Firstly, Maps of the United Kingdom is basically a compendium of maps, broken down by country and county, which aims to celebrate the diversity, talent and history of Great…
This is my first Christmas book purchase of the year, and what a cracker (excuse the pun…) it is! How Winston Delivered Christmas has been ingeniously devised, written and illustrated by the multi-talented Alex T Smith (of both Mr Penguin and Claude fame) and is certain to be a festive hit. The book has been…
Our son went through a stage, just before his fourth birthday, where he decided that he didn’t want to listen to stories, and had no interest in picking up any of the books on our bookshelf. He declared that all the books we had were ‘boring’ and that they were stories that his sister liked,…