We love to read and share books here at the gingerbread house blog. We were recently offered the chance to review a new book called The Kids’ Book of Paper Love: Write. Craft. Play. Share. Both my children love to be creative so I knew they would enjoy this book. The Kids’ Book of Paper…
I know I’ve been reading this one for a few weeks, but over the weekend I finished The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey. It was a great book, I’ve just struggled to make time to read over the last few weeks. I received a copy of the book to review via NetGalley, read…
I always encourage my children to read a wide range of books. Thankfully they enjoy fiction and non-fiction so I was delighted to be gifted a copy of Mythologica: An encyclopedia of gods, monsters and mortals from ancient Greek. I know that my daughter will be learning all about Greek history and culture as it…
Yesterday I had the luxury of a train journey by myself and I knew exactly what I wanted to read! A few weeks ago I was gifted a copy of 35 cute pompom animals, birds, sea creatures and insects to make. I had a quick look through and couldn’t wait to try making something from…
I managed to read a good few books during the Summer holidays. I love to read and whenever the kids were occupied I pulled out my kindle to read a few pages of my latest book. I was so excited when NetGalley gave me the chance to review The Confession by Jessie Burton. I really…
During the Summer holidays we were gifted a copy of Kawaii: How to Draw Really Cute Food by Angela Nguyen. I love to try new things and quite fancied trying my hand at kawaii. Have you heard of the word kawaii before? It is Japanese for ‘cute’ and covers everything from food to clothes and toys….
I’ve read a lot of books this year, I totally blame this on signing up to a Goodreads challenge to read 12 books at the start of the year. I smashed my book target within a few weeks which I couldn’t be happier about. I’ve always loved reading and and it’s one of my favourite…
I’m not a natural cleaner but I do take pride in keeping my house nice and clean. With two children we have a lot of toys and clutter, so I was pretty excited to receive a copy of The Organised Mum Method by Gemma Bray to review. The method aims to transform your home in…
We love adding books to our collection and were so excited when we received a parcel from DK Books. The children love fact books and were delighted to receive a copy of Explorers: amazing tales of the world’s greatest adventurers. Explorers: amazing tales of the world’s greatest adventurers This is a really lovely picture book…