This Autumn literary world is filled with amazingly coloured illustrations. Here are London Mums’ favourite Autumn reads for children. Happy reading!
Tree: Seasons Come, Seasons Go by Britta Teckentrup & Patricia Hegarty (Little Tiger Press)
Austrian illustrator and author Britta Teckentrup together with Patricia Hegarty manage to create the magic of the seasonal changes in nature…
British Storytellers light up Kensington Gardens Serpentine at the best publishing event of the year
If you love books and storytelling the place to be and to be seen this week was most certainly Kensington Gardens Serpentine Gallery at the annual lavish party hosted by a newly merged Penguin Random House Publishing. London Mums Editor Monica Costa and I felt it was such a treat mingling with some of Britain’s best authors and illustrators of the like of Jeremy Strong (the Hundred Mile dog…
London Mums magazine editor Monica Costa and I recently went to a Little Tiger Press book presentation and had an interesting chat with author Caroline Crowe who has just published her first picture book Pirates in Pyjamas illustrated by Tom Knight.
What are the stories you read most with your children?
I have got so many picture books and we don’t have space anymore to by others. At the…
Summer is great for those who love reading. We can all find a wee time to read whether it’s on the beach or in the evening. Here are London Mums’ recommended Summer Reads.
2015 seems to be the year of the Pirate judging from the number of books that are being published on these colourful adventurers and the parties that we have been invited to with the pirate theme.
Captain…
Everybody in London is familiar with the squirrels who populate all parks. Well, now they are the stars of a new book series for children. The Hyde Park Squirrels are particularly friendly because they are used to being fed by humans passing by. There’s also a project to bring back Red Squirrels to Hyde Park associated with this books.
The Hyde Park Squirrels series written by Nick Croydon…
Books are the best way to find out about Audrey Hepburn’s life. Each one of them in its own way can show everything about her from a different angle, even if they tell the same story, her story. Shopping on my own or gifts from close and far friends, actually i have a pretty good collection of books which speak about the princess of the princesses. It’s difficult to find a bad book…
To those who say that the world of paper books is dying off, I’d say brace yourself because this Spring more than ever the book market is over-flooded with original new picture books all with a common denominator: incredibly quirky and colourful illustrations. The up and coming authors get younger and younger and classic authors are revisited in modern adaptations.
Why do we love Picture…
I’m Paola, and I’m a new London Mums’ contributor based in Italy.
A day in Rome with Audrey Hepburn is a book written by a friend of mine, Maurizio Canforini, a young Italian writer and theatre actor who, some months ago, decided to give me custody to the Facebook page related to his book. I invite you London Mums to join and like the page which re-visits lots of old facts and…
History is so fascinating but can be quite complicated and daunting for kids. As parents we need to support teachers’ efforts to to make children curious about the reasons behind crucial historical events that help us understand the world we live in and the news we hear on a daily basis. Horrible Histories are doing a great job about this as they incorporate fun and silly facts to make…
Books always make good presents for everybody. For those who don’t like reading, picture books or reference titles are ideal too. Here are suggestions for BOOKS FOR MUM & DAD or friends and family.
Guinness World Records
On 10th September 2014, Guinness World Records celebrates its 60th Anniversary, with the launch of the Guinness World Records 2015 Edition. Honestly this is…