I love young adult literature maybe because I am still a teen at heart. Here are my top 10 coffee table books including 2016 best Fiction for Young Adults to buy this Christmas (& beyond).
If you thought the print publishing industry was overtaken by the electronic world, you need to re-think that in the light of this list of the best young adult novels published in 2016.
My annual meeting…
Last minute gifts for children are usually nightmarish. have selected my favourite picture books as stocking fillers for children this Christmas.
Books are always great to keep younger children entertained in the early hours of Christmas morning and during the school holidays. These books are fun and won’t be perceived as ‘educational’ by kids.
Tickle My Ears by Jorg Muhle…
London Mums have a Christmas competition running for a couple of days only. We have two family tickets to The Cat in the Hat at The Pleasance Theatre Islington.
Prize package is a family package of 4 tickets (2 adults, 2 children or 1 adult 3 children) to the show valid any one day between 27th Dec 2016 and 2nd Jan 2017. Subject to availability.
Closing date: midnight Wednesday 21st December…
Thinking of getting more Gadgets for Christmas? There’s an image going viral through the social media of a teens’ backpack from the 1980s compared to today that caught my attention. It visualises a piece of research that looks at how youngsters now spend their pocket money these days on ‘must have’ tech items. The study reveals that pre-teens get almost 77% more in pocket-money…
I come to the rescue with my top beauty essentials for the party season. Lots of my friends have asked me so I hope you’ll find my list useful.
I spent the best part of Summer outside on the beach. Unfortunately, soaking up sunshine and chlorine damages our skin and shows in your complexion in the autumn and winter months. For mature skin (like mine), the sun leaves behind uneven…
Rogue One, a new Star Wars story has just been released so I am sharing here all Star Wars related articles that I have written in the past, the best books on the subject including my favourite Star Wars Christmas Gifting ideas.
I have been often asked why I love Star Wars by people who clearly do not know what it is all about. They said that they did not like Star Wars because they did not enjoy…
As a journalist I get sent lots of studies every day but only a few make me smile or think about it. There’s one in particular which caught my eyes and made me realise how children these days are often insensitive and egoistic. According to a recent conducted with kids’ TV series The Clangers for Kindness campaign (they are, after all, known for their kindness!), over 95% of parents of…
One London Mum has the chance to win a 1 hour Zorb Football Party in London worth £300 for her child.
PlayFootball is a brand with a passionate aim: to get Britain playing football to promote the idea of participation, helping people stay active, the value of health, fitness and wellbeing that this great sport can bring to individuals. PlayFootball has great health benefits to include aerobic…
Ellie Sandall’s Everybunny Dance is one of the most joyful picture books published in the lead up to Chritstmas by Hodder Children’s Books. If you have ever owned a bunny as a pet, you certainly know how much happiness rabbits bring to the family with their quite nature wondering around. You could spend hours watching them peacefully hopping around as in a bucolic…
2016 has been a very tough year, with a series of destabilising political events like Brexit and Donald Trump election, natural disasters and unexpected celebrity deaths (including David Bowie). From the Nordic (Denmark to be precise) comes an old lifestyle concept that can help us survive a new year and life more generally. You might not have heard about hygge yet, but this trend has taken the UK…