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Tag: book review

3D Art Adventures

Win a copy of 3D Art Adventures

Posted on June 4, 2016 by jenny

I love to craft with my children so was excited to get my hands on a copy of 3D Art Adventures: Over 35 Creative, Artist-Inspired Projects in Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles and More by Maja Pitamic and Jill Laidlaw. Three-dimensional art – whether sculpture, ceramics, installations, textiles or collage – combines the visual with the physical, making…

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Share the magic of reading with Disney Book Week

Posted on June 3, 2016 by jenny

As a family who love to read we’re delighted to help promote the magic of Disney Book Week. My children love to read, something we introduced them to when they were tiny babies. I’m so pleased that at the grand old ages of 6 and 4 years old, that we still share at least one…

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The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson

What I’m reading: The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson

Posted on May 30, 2016 by jenny

I love reading so was very happy to receive a copy of The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlof to review. They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but I was blown away by the book cover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, the award-winning designed and creator of Waterstones Book of the Year…

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The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

What I’m reading: The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

Posted on May 21, 2016January 27, 2019 by jenny

It’s been a while since I posted a book review but I have a brilliant book to share with you today. Over the last few weeks I’ve been enjoying The Course of Love by Alain de Botton, his first novel in over a decade, which was published last month. He has fallen in love with her calm,…

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Jane Austen adult colouring book

Win Shakespeare and Austen inspired adult colouring books

Posted on May 20, 2016May 21, 2016 by jenny

I love the fact that new adult colouring are constantly being published. Fans of English literature will love the new colouring books based on classic tales, from Little Tiger Press. You can bring to life the greatest love stories of all time and indulge your creativity with these sumptuous colouring books based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo…

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The One and Only elephant parade Colouring Book

Adult colouring reinvented in postcard form

Posted on May 10, 2016 by jenny

You all know how much I love my adult colouring books. I now have 2 shelves full of them from Orla Kiely to Vogue covers and everything in between. They are my favourite thing to pick up when I need some quiet time away from a screen. I’m always Instagram-ming my latest title and my…

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There's a Dragon book

There’s A Dragon book giveaway

Posted on May 5, 2016January 25, 2017 by jenny

I have a lovely giveaway to share with you today. Publishing this month, There’s a Dragon In My Backpack! is the hilarious follow up to There’s A Dragon in My Dinner!, the new series starring eight-year-old Eric Crisp and Pan the Mini-Dragon by Tom Nicholls. Both tell the story of a mischievous 15cm tall mini-dragon called…

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Colour with Me, Mum! by Jasmine Narayan

Win a copy of Colour With Me, Mum!

Posted on April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 by jenny

I love adult colouring books as you probably all know by now. I spend so long colouring with my children that I’m happy to have my own books and am happy to spend some time colouring in when I need to switch off for a bit. I keep thinking that there can’t possibly be any…

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The Pursuit of Happiness book cover

What I’m reading: The Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on April 10, 2016April 11, 2016 by jenny

The latest title in the BritMums book club intrigued me. It was The Pursuit of Happiness by Ruth Whippman. Finding happiness is pretty much my life’s mission. My mum always told me that personal happiness was the most important thing and that has influenced the choices I’ve made in life. Today I’m pretty happy. I…

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