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Dragon Post By Emma Yarlett

September 24, 2018September 20, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Erin’s imagination is really starting to shine and I love the things she comes up with. I think being at nursery 3 days a week and being encouraged to use her imagination has really helped. Now, it’s up to us at home to keep encouraging Erin and with the help of books like Dragon Post, we can do that. One day Alex finds a dragon living in the cupboard under the stairs. Luckily he knows just what to do. He writes letters to lots of different people – including the fire brigade and the butcher– to ask how he should

Children’s Book Review: Cinderfella

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Once upon a time, there lived Cinderfella – a little boy, forever bossed around by his two older brothers, Gus and Gareth. “Turn up the TV! Shine our scooters!” the brothers cry. “Finish our homework!” But on the day of our story, Kayleigh, the town’s kick-fastic karate champion, is having a party, and Cinderfella is determined to dream big, dress fancy and DANCE. He’ll just need a little help along the way from his fairy dog-mother, Ruff – woof! I think we’re all familiar with the classic story Cinderella and over the years I have seen and read many re-tellings.

Penwizard’s Peppa Pig Party Book Review

July 26, 2018July 24, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

If you read our post yesterday about great gifts for 3 year olds you would have seen the Personalised Peppa Pig Party Book from Penwizard. Having a young child means that they have favourite characters from well-known shows and Penwizard specialise in personalised books from shows like Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol and Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. Erin turns 3 on 1st January and while I know that is some time away yet, it is right on top of Christmas so I have to find presents over the whole year to make sure it’s all sorted in time and also so we

Toddler Books We’ve Been Reading: April 2018

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Even before Erin was born books have been a big deal in our family. We try to make sure she gets to read (look at) a wide range of books and always has plenty available to her. Each month I’ll be writing about what books we’ve been reading with Erin and sometimes also posting a video! So, here’s what we’ve been reading this month: This month has been a bit of a strange one really because we haven’t done much reading at all. Being away on holiday for a third of the month hasn’t left us with much time. Erin

Toddler Books We’ve Been Reading: March 2018

March 28, 2018March 22, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Even before Erin was born books have been a big deal in our family. We try to make sure she gets to read (look at) a wide range of books and always has plenty available to her. Each month I’ll be writing about what books we’ve been reading with Erin and also posting a video! So, here’s what we’ve been reading this month: Fergal is Fuming by Robert Starling Erin has been having a few anger issues lately so this book couldn’t have come at a better time. Here’s what the book is about A dragon with a short temper

Children’s Book Review: Fergal Is Fuming

March 25, 2018March 22, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Erin is such a big fan of reading. She might only be 2 but she probably has more books than I do now and I don’t see that changing any time soon. We are always on the look for new books, especially when there are certain issues Erin is having. We were recently sent Fergal is Fuming by Robert Starling from Andersen Press. Obviously, receiving the book for Erin was great but Anderson Press have done some fantastic marketing with this book, which has been shortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Along with a copy of the book we received

World Book Day Fail

March 7, 2018March 4, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

On 22nd February I found out that Erin’s nursery would also be taking part in World Book Day. Yes, that’s 1 week before World Book Day. I’m pretty crap at things like this anyway but to have pretty much no notice and no creativity whatsoever was not a good thing at all. Erin’s school wanted to do traditional fairy tales so that really narrows down options. That day after I picked Erin up from nursery we headed to Sainsbury’s to see what we could get her to wear. I’m not really a Disney princess fan so I was hoping for absolutely

Toddler Books We’ve Been Reading – February 2018

February 27, 2018February 26, 2018 By : Lyndsey OHalloran

Even before Erin was born books have been a big deal in our family. We try to make sure she gets to read (look at) a wide range of books and always has plenty available to her. Each month I’ll be writing about what books we’ve been reading with Erin and also posting a video! So, here’s what we’ve been reading this month: My Enormous Book Of… These three books came from Lidl and cost around £4.99 each. My mum bought them for Erin at the beginning of the month and they’re fantastic! There is so much to discover inside