The plight of refugees might have disappeared from the mainstream media replaced by another presidential gaffe or the latest education fad destined to create mayhem, but the humanitarian crisis of Syrian refugees has by no means gone away. To highlight their plight, The European Union (EU) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have teamed …
Yes, this wonderful illustration by the great and much-loved Axel Scheffler could be yours for just £2. But how?!? This year, Macmillan Children’s Books celebrates twenty years of publishing the no.1 best-selling picture book duo in the UK, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, a collaboration which started with A Squash and a Squeeze. To mark the …
14th February 2013 Make a note of that date. Not so that you can remember to buy chocolates/flowers/ a teddy bear to your beloved, but because it is International Book Giving Day, and that day you can give the gift of knowledge, the gift of escapism, the gift of lifelong wonder to a child instead. …
Usually, I hate 14th February. I must be missing the French romantic gene because I can’t think of anything worse than Valentine’s Day. But thanks to International Book Giving Day, today is all about spreading a whole different kind of love: the love of books and reading, and sharing it with people that might not be able to access …
I am taking a little break from blogging until the new year while I spend some time with my mouselings, Mr Library Mice and my parents who are coming over from France. But before I sign off, I just wanted to share with you a very worthwhile campaign run by the National Literacy Trust. We have not been sending Christmas cards for a few …
Jack Henderson(Hodder Children’s Books) This is not a children’s book in the way that it doesn’t tell a story but little Jack ‘s story is very inspirational indeed and deserves a big mention. When Jack’s little brother Noah became a regular in-patient at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Jack (6) decided to …
I don’ t think we stop enough to think how lucky we are. My children certainly don’t. To them, getting a new book is just part of their routine. Sometimes I think I have spoilt them. Sometimes I feel I have done right when they come back from someone’s house and the first thing they have noticed is …
