With so many families off on their holidays, we have been thinking about the best books to not only entertain you and your child but maybe even allow you to stick your nose into your own book and reclaim a bit of 'you' time.  Read on for today's suggestions and use the code HAPPYHOLIDAY to get 10% off your orders before the weekend!

I have a confession to make: I’m not the biggest fan of playgrounds. I love watching my kids enjoying themselves (preferably in the company of a good friend and with a cappuccino in my hand) but I don’t get an enormous amount of fulfilment from pushing the swing 100 times or baking sand cakes for half an hour…

We have been so busy recently that the blog has sat languishing for a whole month but we have good reason.  Super-charged with enthusiasm, we have been busy sourcing new books, finding new lovely illustrators and setting up shop at local fairs and festivals... 

What makes a great baby book?  All a question of personal taste but with his astute perception of experience and development, Xavier Deneux gets a roaring reception in our house...These books are incredibly tactile and uncomplicated, they are big and chunky and solid, they won't wilt when gummed into submission...

We are proud to sell a broad selection of books that we love because each one is a book that we would happily own and read again and again.  That said, we know that quantity can sometimes be a double-edged sword, offering choice but also fuelling indecision.  Some of our customers have got in touch to ask for a little help...

You never quite believe that you have waved goodbye to Winter until you can see the sunlight stretching ahead of you and the flowers standing up tall and defiant.  We are in Norfolk for the Easter weekend and have enjoyed a few days of mixed weather which has had us reaching for our woolies...

If you are looking to shake up story time a bit and gently encourage some imaginative discussion and discovery our wordless books could be what you are after.   

This week we are shifting our focus to packaging because we are a little bit obsessed and we have just had the pleasure of wrapping an order in our marvellous minty green paper.  To celebrate our good mood, the endorphin surge of Easter eggs around the corner and our amazing wrapping, we are offering free gift-wrap

Before our shop opened up for business we had a chance to sell at the Horniman museum's spectacular annual Christmas fair (a brilliant south london haunt).  We always visit with our kids for the carol singing and mulled-wine drinking but last year we took a stall and it was absolutely brilliant...