by admin | Jan 1, 2019 | Blog, What I've Read
Happy New Year! I can hardly believe 2018 is over, and I read over 100 books during the year! My original goal for 50 books and I totally smashed it. In the busy-ness of the season, I wanted to read a number of shorter books, so I raided my son’s bookshelf....
by admin | Dec 30, 2018 | Blog
Children’s author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year. She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made come from a place...
by admin | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
Christmas is only a few days away. You may be completely organised, or you may be running out to find Christmas gifts at the very last minute. Book lovers are quite easy to buy for, however if you’re stuck, here are few ideas. Books – This may seem...
by admin | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog
It may not come as a surprise that one of my favourite places to shop is a book shop. My kids have become used to receiving books for Christmas, and I have a great time choosing books for them. I have also found that giving my kids books is my biggest secret to...
by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | Blog
Tomorrow is the start of advent, the count down to Christmas. There are many different ways families count down, the most popular is an advent calendar of some sort, often involving chocolate. In recent years, I’ve seen some ideas for advent calendars involving...
by admin | Nov 23, 2018 | Blog
I am a big believer that writing should be fun. Everyone should be given the opportunity to have fun with writing and with words. There is an article going around titled Where has the joy of writing gone and how do we get it back for our children?. A lot of the...
