Right now parents need all the help they can get! Let me set the scene: Coronavirus (or COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. Schools all over the world have closed until summer. The goblins (sometimes referred to as ‘our delightful kids’) have […]
So, your little munchkin has munched through all seven Harry Potter books in record time and their hands are now empty. But what should they read next to keep the reading (and peaceful bliss) going on and on? It’s a question that […]
Lately, I’ve been making small environmental changes – silicone lids to replace cellophane, soap nuts to replace washing powder, switching to a renewable energy provider. My wife and I even decided to use cloth nappies and reusable baby wipes (which are brilliant […]
With Christmas around the corner, all us parents are looking for solid gold reading material to put in our kid’s stocking. Something that will capture their imaginations and broaden their minds (and maybe stop them from looking at a screen for least […]
If Christmas is a time for ‘sharing with your kids’, then Halloween is a time for ‘scarying the living daylights out of your kids’. But let’s not forget, kids love being scared just as much as adults. Ghost trains, haunted houses, Goosebumps […]
One of my favourite films, when I was growing up, was Dragonheart. (It’s the one with Sean Connolly playing a dragon with a Scottish accent). It introduced me to a fantasy world where you could become friends with a mythical beast that […]
Let’s be honest . . . kids LOVE gross stuff, and they also love reading about gross stuff. Purple gunge, fish guts, gooey boogies, stinky socks, monkey poop, and, let us not forget the cornerstone of all kid humour, fart jokes. Every […]
I’m excited to announce that two of my books are available for FREE, alongside another 19 free children’s books, in the . . . Big Summer Holiday Children’s Book Giveaway 49 Excuses for Not Tidying Your Bedroom and my latest children’s humourous […]
I recently discovered ‘Dragons at Crumbling Castle’ by Terry Pratchett and decided I had to read it, straight away. So I ditched whatever it was I reading at the time and read this instead. Back in the 60’s, when the Discworld was nothing but […]