Tag: giveaway
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Captain Fantastic: The Undersea Monster review and giveaway
I love being approached by authors to share their work, and I particularly like when the book is good for home education. Tommy Balaam at Captain Fantastic is dyslexic, and on a mission to help other people with it. The book we’re reviewing, Captain Fantastic: the Undersea Monster, is a fab colourful cartoon-style book with…
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Twelve nights by Andrew Zurcher – cover reveal and giveaway!
Note, post contains affiliate links. Pre order at Amazon Kay and her little sister, Eloise, never imagined that their standard icy Christmas Eve in Cambridge would be the start of a twelve-night odyssey . . . Kay’s father is working late – as usual. Fed up, her mother bundles her daughters into the car and…
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Win one of two Peppa's Laugh & Learn Laptops!
I know I’ve been quiet here for a little while, but I’m back with a burst of blog posts today, starting with this fabulous giveaway, with two chances to win Peppa’s Laugh & Learn Laptop! (I’m just too good to you. Doesn’t this look fab?) Want to learn more about it? Check out the video.…
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Fingerlings – win your own interactive toy monkey.
As far as my kids are concerned, the best bit about me blogging is that every now and then fun stuff arrives in the post. Given that the Fingerling arrived the day after Smallest had to have a tooth extracted (there’s a fab way to feel like a failed parent if ever there was one).…
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Wildflower Bay by Rachael Lucas – review and giveaway
It is no secret to any of my readers here or on social media that I am a huge fan of Rachael’s work. I’ve known her for years – we first ‘met’ online on email lists back when we were very new mothers, and have been bumping into each on and offline ever since. I’ve…
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Win £100 Visa Card with DC Super Hero girls.
Super heroes are big news in our house and have been for years. But it has been an issue that there aren’t any girls to speak of in the media, they don’t feature in films, comics or TV series (and let’s not get started on merchandise) – Smallest particularly feels that that is an oversight.…
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Reading together – Fairytale phonics from Miles Kelly
A little while ago we were sent some Miles Kelly phonics books to review. At the time, Smallest was completely uninterested, so they languished on a pile, looking very attractive but being mainly unloved. A couple of weeks ago, she had a new burst of interest in the whole reading process, and as is the…
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YA or not YA? – the author Antonia Honeywell guest posts on writing and reading labels.
I loved Antonia Honeywell’s book The Ship and I’m thrilled today to be hosting a guest post and giveaway promoting the rather wonderful YA Shot initiative from Alexia Casale. (As an aside there *are* still a few tickets available for this set of events, please do click on through to the site if you are…
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I'm a NickJr Pumpkin party host!
The goody bags are packed. The activities are ready, the table is laid. The children are bouncing off the walls with excitement 😉 In just over an hour, our guests will arrive for our Nick Jr Pumpkin party. We’ve got some great activities ready and waiting from Frankenstein cupcakes (green of course) to making (paper…
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Win £150 giftcard with Lego and Scooby Doo!
We are huge fans of Scooby Doo, Lego and stop motion animation, so combining them all is definitely a win. Take a look at these amazing Scooby-Doo stop motion videos created using the brand new LEGO Scooby-Doo sets! I’d love to get my hands on some of these, and I’m hoping this will inspire Small…