The Summer is great but children need lots of entertainment and it cannot always be video games or outdoor playing. A good book is always a blessing especially if it inspires children with ideas for creative activities. My favourite ones have to be My London: Colour Draw, Explore and My New York: Colour, Draw, Explore by Majel van der Muelen.
Majel van der…
The media are all about science and technology and there are really inspirational science books for kids out there. No wonder so many kids want to be scientists these days.
My 10 year old son Diego picked two of the best ones for his Summer holidays. Be prepared to have plenty of household junk available for the experiments.
Being a scientist isn’t just about wearing a lab…
When it comes to first aid training in London, for me personally there’s only one person I would go, and that person is Emma Hammett who is also one of our most trusted and popular contributors on London Mums magazine. Emma has published her second manual, which for me is the only essential first aid book mums should have on their kitchen cupboard. Today only you can get Burns, Falls and…
In a world increasingly dominated by violence and egoism, I feel compelled as a parent to teach my son mindfulness. To help me in this difficult task, I have come across a well written book called Mind their hearts by David Boddy including practical and sound advice to help parents convey and teach children emotional intelligence.
I have been wanting to cover mindfulness and…
Do you ever hate your husband? If the answer is yes, then you’re in good company. American journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jancee Dunn’s latest book How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids is a hilariously candid account of her own personal quest to save her post baby marriage and restore family bliss with the help of the latest relationship research as well as…
Eva Alexander aka Sara Alexander has just published her debut novel Under a Sardinian Sky, a sweeping story of star-crossed romance set against the beautiful backdrop of post-World War II Sardinia, with HarperCollins Publishers.
The story
For Mina, a London-based travel writer, the enigmatic silence surrounding her aunt Carmela has become a personal obsession. Carmela…
When I was a school girl in the Seventies and Eighties in Italy, Greek Myths were compulsory but not difficult reads. The tales of the colourful Greek Gods contained universal messages and memorable wisdom. I am really pleased that Scribblers, an imprint of The Salariya Book Company, have just published a new book Greek Myths Volume 1 by Jacqueline Morley. With this book I am sure my 10…
The dream of flying is as old as human race. The inspirational true story of how the Wright brothers managed to get this dream into reality is now told in a beautiful picture book by Adam Hancher’s called Taking Flight. The Wright brothers and their quest to conquer the skies is now explained step-by-step to children and published to coincide with the anniversary of Wilbur Wright’s 150th…
As mums we handle stickers all the time. And we love to help our kids filling pages with stickers, don’t we all? As a little girl I absolutely loved collecting those from my favourite TV shows and exchanging the double ones with friends at school. Adult sticker books are now the latest trend out there – apart from colouring books – and I am one of the first to have spotted it…
See You in the Cosmos is one of Penguin Random House’s biggest debuts for 2017 and a book we at London Mums are really excited about as we feel it has the same potential as Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It has already been receiving early rave reviews from authors including Jennifer Niven and Robin Stevens, who are two authors of youth novels whom I adore.
I…