Talking Up is an illustrated children’s book series aiming to inspire and encourage emotional development. Each short story provides themes to help children understand challenging issues and encourage emotional intelligence.
A read-along story to remember… The year we muddled through. For all families, big and small who muddled through 2020. Always look for rainbows.
Written specifically to help children conceptualise everything they have experienced during the pandemic. Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party is the first in the series written by the author (and primary school teacher), Banji Alexander.
This book could not be timelier and there is never an age where it should be considered too young to teach children how to treat and respect others, and ‘WILD’ succeeds in doing this in an accessible way. This is the debut book from mum-blogger duo Dawn White and Annette Demetriou.
As we begin to return to the normality of life after lockdown restrictions ease, it’s worth pausing for a moment and thinking about the year we have just experienced. Noting the highs and the lows we have endured as well as realising that the wonderful world was waiting for us, it hadn’t gone anywhere… it was just patiently waiting for us to be ready.
Reading can help with their school work, and help them to grow in confidence with their academics. Giving them the opportunity to enhance their vocabulary will help them in their literacy, English, and other lessons in school. So how can you encourage your children to read more? Here are a few suggestions to help you out.
Enter a world of pattern, symmetry and shape and have a go at creating perfect circles and triangles, designing your own tessellations and making marvellous mandalas. Whether you’re a maths whizz or a dating doodler, this book is your graphic guide to smart art!
Let’s spend some time at Winnie’s Haunted House. Winnie The Witch just can’t explain a smashed vase, collapsing curtains, or a shattered chandelier. Is her house haunted? And is there a spell to fix it? Find out in this spookily funny story, and don’t forget to keep a close eye on Winnie’s cat, Wilbur!
witch or a fairy? Why do you have to be one or the other? Take a journey with Clotilda who knocks down these stereotypes to show how you can be different and yet still fit into the world around you.
Transform yourselves into some fantastic faces including zombies and rock stars with help from the National Theatres. Follow the simple step-by-step instructions in this book from the National Theatre, and transform yourself into twelve dramatic characters, including a phoenix, pirate and a sea monster!
This It’ll Be OK: My Feelings Activity Book is a 64-page mash-up of fun activities, puzzles, games and crafts, created with 5-8-year-olds in mind. Part of a thoughtful and kind new range of activity books, this title will centre on the theme of Feelings, allowing children to learn about and make sense of their emotions the highs, the lows and the in-betweens.
The Chill Out Mindfulness Activity Book offers a 64-pages mash-up of fun activities, puzzles, games and crafts, created with 5-8-year-olds in mind. Part of a thoughtful and kind new range of activity books, this title will centre on the theme of mindfulness.
