It’s been four years since we met the wonderfully named characters from How To Train Your Dragon. And Hiccup, Toothless, Snotlout and Fishlegs are back again this summer, still dragon racing on the island of Berk but now venturing further afield. There’s even more dragons to train and a mysterious Dragon Rider to contend with in How To Train Your Dragon 2.
And if you can’t…
It’s been a great Easter for family movies! Rio 2 and Muppets Most Wanted for the younger film fans, Captain America:The Winter Soldier for the older ones. But the big film aimed at the holiday is The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
It’s another super hero and another sequel. But the great thing about Spidey is that he’s not like all the others. True, he takes his mission very seriously but…
Parents dread that day of the year where they need to get a bunch of kids entertained and happy. Here are my helpful tips on organising your kids party – a step by step guide through a stress free process of planning your child’s birthday.
Plan early. Most stress is caused when parents leave things to the last minute. Start planning 6 – 8 weeks ahead.This sounds…
It is often hard to see the overview of progress of an era while you live in that time. I find all reads fascinating that give you an objective analysis of the changes of your environment. A new book Putting Wrong Things Right published by environmental organisation is marking 60 years of improvement during the Queen’s reign highlighting with great photographs and stats records of the London…
Over the years my son and I have read so many books and we grew fonder and fonder of books starring dogs in particular. Here is the list of the Best Children’s Dog Books published in the United Kingdom.
HERO by Sarah Lean
A well written story about a little dog with the heart of a lion. From the bestselling World Book Day author, Sarah Lean, of a A Dog Called Homeless and sequel to this…
Just in time for the Easter school break, Rio 2 is released in UK cinemas this weekend. In the past, sequels of good movies were usually disappointing with a few exceptions (The Godfather 2), but most recently it seems as sequels are well made movies in their own right, sometimes even better than the original ones (Muppets Most Wanted and Monsters University). Rio 2 is no exception. Its storyline…
When you thought the last Muppets movie was the best you have ever seen, they do it again and Disney releases the best Muppets of all times. Muppets Most Wanted is like the Muppets Show meets 007 meets The Pink Panther. It has all ingredients for the perfect movie to entertain both parents and children alike. As in all Muppets movies you can read the storyline at two different levels. The kids…
Who hasn’t read the The Very Hungry Caterpillar at least a dozen times? With his distinctive shape and colouring, Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is an instantly recognisable character born from the much-loved children’s book. This year, Puffin celebrates 45 years since the greedy yet loveable character first ate his way from baby caterpillar to beautiful butterfly, with the…
TV and Radio Presenter, Blogger and mum of 2 Katy Hill talks exclusively to London Mums on World Book Day about her favourite books, her TV career, family and her love for Italy.
What’s your favourite book of all time?
My favourite children’s book is The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I LOVED it as a child and I still have my childhood copy. I love that, when I read it to the kids…
As it’s World Book Day today you probably need some extra ideas and support the school’s storytime activities to get your kids excited about reading by bringing their favourite story books to life.
Books play an important role in childhood development, and inspiring them with a good novel and characters they can relate to is a gift they can treasure forever. But we cannot take away the…