Back to school and also back to learning social skills. Children need to focus on their peers and interact with them with respect no matter what their ethnic background is. Never Too Small is a Warm & Reassuring New Children’s Book lovingly written by Zanib Mian and illustrated by Laura Ewing Ferrer that helps young readers overcome their fears & embrace diversity. The perfect book to…
Books are so wonderful. Personally I rarely find uninteresting books and stories for children are particularly original and colourful to please the young readers’ eyes. Reading charity BOOKTRUST has recently unveiled the WINNERS OF THE BEST BOOK AWARDS jointly with AMAZON KINDLE a party-style awards ceremony in central London attended by authors and 300 child judges and introduced by no less…
Wilbur Smith is a literary phenomenon: a truly global bestseller, he has published 34 novels into 26 languages with sales in excess of 122 million copies. As part of the celebrations to honour an incredible 50 YEARS IN PUBLISHING, Wilbur Smith: The Early Years Collection, a beautifully presented, special edition box set (Price: £19.99) has been released this Summer.
The Collection…
Now that we are at the last installment of Comic Jonnie Rocket that London Mums magazine has been publishing exclusively in the last 4 issues, I chatted to the creative mind of its creator. You can read all comics in our exclusive series in our magazine archive here.
Q: Where do you draw inspiration for your books from?
JC: I drew my inspiration for the creation of the character of ‘Jonnie…
Holidays are stressful enough with kids and keeping them entertained all the time is often a challenge, let alone when you have to keep up the good work they have done at school and the teacher is not around. We have found some fun educational activities for school children to do during these school holidays. New educational titles including popular sticker books will certainly come handy.
Books…
As one of the most famous bachelors gets ready to take his wedding vows, the question seems rather pertinent. Can perennial bachelors like George Clooney change and become longstanding husbands – able to weather the rough seas that accompany the great times? Remember those snippets of advice our mothers offered on our love life? My mother’s wisdom was that you should never marry a…
When my son was at the nursery and then in reception he was totally obsessed with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. I ended up buying and reading many of its books and I have become a big fan of the elephant myself 🙂 Elmer, written and illustrated by leading children’s author and artist David McKee, celebrates its 25th Anniversary at Andersen Press this Summer and we thought we bring you 25 fun…
Seven-year old Horrid Henry Super Fan Diego Scintu interviewed Francesca Simon, one of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, during the launch of her 23rd book ‘Horrid Henry’s Krazy Ketchup’.
Francesca has published over 50 different books and sold over 18 million copies in 24 countries.
Q: If you were the British Queen for the day what would be the first thing…
Cat and mouse is an old English-language expression meaning constant pursuit and never-ending contest with no winners. The cat is unable to secure a definitive victory over the mouse, who despite not being able to defeat the cat, is able to escape. Stories based on this cat and mouse game are classic now with Tom & Jerry being the most famous of all.
Everyone seems to sympathise with the…
The Real History of the Watch is a great original and exclusive story by Max Spera illustrated by Nicola Lisci published for the first time in the Summer / Autumn 2014 issue 12 of the London Mums magazine. Enjoy it and read it to your kids at bedtime!
In any city, right near you, if you look carefully, you can find the Old Storyteller Lady.
She goes every day to places where she can find…
