Bosom Friends and Kindred Spirits
Soon after our daughter Anne was born, we threw a Christening party at home and I went slightly crazy. The night before, I stayed up late...
MAGICAL BOOK DAY--LONDON EDITION
A couple of weeks ago, a classmate of my daughter’s gave her a book called Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day by Amy De La Haye and...
"Tell Anne's Mummy What Your Favourite Book Is."
My daughter is in her final weeks of nursery school. The English equivalent of kindergarten (called Reception) begins at age four, and...
Socialism for the Under-Fives
The author/illustrator duo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, have produced some of our family's favorite picture books--The Gruffalo,...
Real Fairy Tales (the antidote to princess overload)
After a weekend of watching Disney movies with my sick daughter, and many requests for “one more story” from an insipid book of fairy...