Why reading with your kids is important for them and also for you!
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Why reading with your kids is important for them and also for you!

And why you shouldn’t worry what reading band they are on……. We’ve all had the feeling; it’s the end of another manic day, working, rushing around, taxi-ing children to various places, feeding them bathing them and you just want to get them to bed as quickly as possible but they utter those words “just one…

Why we love Hans Christian Anderson stories…….
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Why we love Hans Christian Anderson stories…….

Today is International Children’s book day, celebrated on the birthday of Hans Christian Anderson.  One of my favourite books from my childhood that I still treasure today and read to my own children 40 years on is ‘The Best of Hans Christian Anderson’ which has gorgeous colour illustrations as well as the classic stories alongside…

14 less well known books ever child and their parent should read for World Book Day
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14 less well known books ever child and their parent should read for World Book Day

I love World Book Day!! Not just because I am an author but because as a parent of 3 children I have seen first-hand the important role that books have played and continue to play in all their lives… For 18 months I read the whole of the Harry Potter series (with my then 8…