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Book of the week: Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic

When London Mums voted Rebel GirlsChildren’s Book of the Year in 2017, we knew that this series would become highly successful and today we have had the proof of that.Rebel Girls hasbecome the global multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls, and now all four volumes of their New York Times…
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eBook of the week: Want to keep the kids busy throughout the Winter? Meet Boken!  

Boken, the Little Dog with the Big Heart is a real life, fun-loving Miniature Schnauzer who lives in Spain with his mum, Sara Mastriforte and dad, Neil Egerton. He’s also one of the newest kids’ cartoon characters around, and has just released his brand new website, two latest books and a great FREE ebook! Boken the cartoon character was launched worldwide in March last year with a new…
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Book of the week: Treasured Islands by Peter Naldrett

As many of us will be looking to book holidays in the UK and closer to home this year, there’s the perfect book publishing in June that showcases some of the most beautiful and fun spots Britain has to offer. Peter Naldrett’s Treasured Islands published by Bloomsbury is a detailed and inspiring guide to over 200 of Britain’s most stunning and interesting islands – whether that be a…
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Picture book of the week: Never Grow Up by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake

Publishing this week, brand new picture bookNever Grow Upinspired by Roald Dahl celebrates the boundless joy of childhood and features full colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Inspired by the mischief and magic of Roald Dahl’s books for children, Never Grow Up offers a timely and timeless reminder of the kind of childhood we might want to create for our children – a world of…
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Book of the week: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

Quick Reads, the life-changing scheme tackling the UK’s shocking adult literary crisis, are the way forward to encourage people to read. I love the short books in the 2021 series including best-selling London authors Caitlin Moran, Louise Candlish and Khurrum Rahman among others. Sunday Times best-seller and British Book Award winner Louise Candlish is renowned for her dark domestic thrillers…
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Book of the week: The Pebble Spotter’s Guide by Clive Mitchell

There’s nothing quite like searching the rocks on a beach until that special one catches your eye – a perfect shape, a gorgeous colour, an intriguing pattern. I have been a fan of pebble spotting since I was a little girl. I still have a few meaningful pebbles collected from beautiful beaches over the years, the heart-shaped ones being my favourite ones.As the UK slowly eases out of…
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Memoir Writing: a literary journey into human resilience

By Francesca Lombardo – I was 25 years old when I asked myself questions such as “why can’t she see me?”, “why can’t she hear me?”, “who is she?”, “who was she really when she was a child just like me?”. The person I wanted to ask all these questions was my mother. A mystery to me as a child, as a teen and as young women that I longed…
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Book of the week: Nurturing you Family with Yoga by Dr Kiki Morriss

A new family yoga book by Dr Kiki Morriss has just been published and I have already enjoyed practising all the simple moves shown by mums and children to loosen up my limbs. The new book, Nurturing you Family with Yoga: An A-Z of yoga poses, meditations, breathing and games for the whole family,is full of practicaladvice and beautifulphotographs. Nurturing Your Family…
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