Do you need Stocking fillers’ inspiration? Check London Mums’ best children’s books for 2017 and pick the perfect book to unwrap children’s imaginations this Christmas. I am a bookworm and I know that not everybody would appreciate books as much as I do but all kids love story telling especially if you read to them. Being read a story is a treat that was a theme of my Lauren…
My Hero is a new book that has been conceived with the specific aim to improve children’s motivation and achievement.
This children’s book has been produced by researchers at the University of Portsmouth using innovative research to raise pupils’ motivation and achievement. London Mums have chosen My Hero as the bedtime story of the week. Labradors and children have a special bond and…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is undoubtably the most anticipated film of the year. And for good reasons. You won’t get any spoilers from me here but rest assured that the latest instalment won’t disappoint. Fans of the franchise will find the good old look and feel, familiar faces and spaceships, lots of new characters and fantastic creatures, and well created battles in space like in the…
Jumanji – Welcome to the Jungle is the film your pre-teens and teenage children will laugh at the most this Christmas. Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game’s jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don’t just play Jumanji – you must survive it. The movie is released…
Only one word springs to mind to describe my week at Villa Radicata in Tuscany. Heaven!
On my way back to London, I reflected on how to keep the good mantra and the calmness acquired during my heavenly break.
The stressful London lifestyle can sometime take you away from the simplest things in life and make you unhappy.
But a holiday like that helps rebalance your mind and body.
Ferdinand the movie is colourful, entertaining, sweet and educational – the best Christmas animation movie in a decade! Read why London Mums and kids loved it.
The story
Ferdinand tells the story of a giant bull (voiced by John Cena) with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he…
Avengers: Infinity War will bring together the full Avengers squad and the Guardians of the Galaxy team. Take a look at the very first teaser trailer which has just been released by Marvel Studios. This can only mean one thing: non stop laughs and giggles as the Marvel Universe becomes more and more comedic as we have seen in the latest Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy 2. This…
Believe it or not but I have been looking forward to the school run since starting listening audiobooks while driving. My latest find is Legacy of Spies by John le Carré, a bestselling author for more than half a century, published by Penguin in unabridged, audiobook CD edition which can be a good Christmas gift for a mum who is spending an hour in the car every day taking children to…
London Mums’ picture book of the week is Boogie Bear by David Walliams and funnily illustrated by Tony Ross. We enjoyed it because it has a lot more words than ordinary picture books and is hilarious. What increases the fun factor is the use of invented words and expressions by Walliams in the same style of Roald Dahl. Walliams is in fact considered Dahl’s successor.
Boogie Bear is…
There’s something about spacecrafts and trains that fascinates children and parents alike. There’s a new beautiful book series called Legendary Journeys dedicated to those engineering wonders that we will never stop admiring.
Legendary Journeys: Space tells the history of space through interactive features. In time for Christmas this book is…