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Children’s Historical fiction – Stone Age

Posted on May 14, 2012 | No Comments
Historical fiction is a great way of finding out more about history. This list includes some great picture books and novels for young adults.
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Stone Age Boy

Posted on May 5, 2012 | No Comments
This historical fiction picture book is a great introduction to archaeology and stone age people for younger children – for us it is the one essential book on the subject.
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Nature Storybooks

Posted on April 27, 2012 | No Comments
Our favourite series on animals is Nature Storybooks
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Zoo-ology

Posted on April 12, 2012 | No Comments
Today’s book is all about the illustrations! Zoo-ology, by Joelle Jolivet is a great first animal encyclopedia.
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My Name is Mina

Posted on April 9, 2012 | No Comments
My Name is Mina is a rare book - beautifully written using language in an almost hypnotic way, quirky and with an instinctive understanding of unschooling/autonomous/informal education.
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Picture books

Posted on November 16, 2011 | 4 Comments
30th Nov: Yummy nummy mummy As a family that breastfeeds many picture books aimed at young children and babies are frustratingly quiet on the subject. When ever a baby needs...
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Halloween

Posted on November 1, 2011 | No Comments
On rediscovering my Halloween heritage.
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Picture books – more

Posted on November 1, 2011 | No Comments
More favourite picture books for November ...
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Babywearing blogs

Posted on October 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
To celebrate International Babywearing Week - here are some blogs on babywearing.
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Apple Day Events 2011 Hertfordshire

Posted on September 22, 2011 | No Comments
Every year as autumn sets in I feel the need to find out where our local Apple Day celebrations will be. Celebrated on and around 21st October each year this is a...
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