Author Archives: moretobooks

Oh I love this festival. I went to Chinatown to get some fortune cookies for my whole Nanny family (and a play date friend) When I was a teacher, I did a whole class assembly based on the story of how the years got their animals. All my pupils dressed up as the animals and […]

Being National Winnie the Pooh day tomorrow, it felt right to do this weeks blog on Winnie the Pooh. Definitely a loveable bear who’s friends are in many hearts, but this blog is More to Books so here are some books you can enjoy with your little ones that are a little bit different to […]

As some of you may know, I am currently writing a lower/middle grade novel and last weekend I went to a Write Mentor weekend lead by the wonderful Emily Critchley. I learnt so much and have been fired up to write on average 700 words a day since. This blog, therefore; is for the older […]

Let me start you off with my favourite periodic table joke. Yes, I have one of those! Two! Actually. They go like this: What fish is double sodium? Now you might have to use an American accent but first of all, what number would double be? If you times something to double it? And then […]

Last weekend, I went to see Mary Poppins. I was thoroughly disappointed by the interval but they more than won me round by the end. I totally understand that they had to change things such as the hunting scene but other changes I was actually fairly creeped out by (toys that come alive who are […]

To finish off an amazing year for More to Books and my work as a Nanny, this blog is a whistle stop tour of the Nanny Awards and New York. Earlier this month, I was invited to New York to receive an award for exemplary work in the Nanny Industry! It was an absolute honour. […]

Ice sculpture experience I got to take my G7 to the ice sculpture experience which was the story of A Christmas Carol! Proving there really is more to books than reading but wrap up warm because it’s -10 degrees in there! Do you want to build a snowman?The story was written in sentences as you […]

Kidzania is AMAZING! https://kidzania.co.uk/ This is an “indoor city run by kids” and they have them all over the world. What I’m most excited about is that they have Careers fairs coming up for children in January and March in London so they can start to think about what they’d like to be and what […]

It’s not Christmas until you’ve seen the John Lewis Christmas Ad (or the Coca Cola ad- which I’ve not actually seen yet- but I don’t watch live TV anymore so I have to look up adverts these days! But I did see it in Picadilly Circus last night) I thought this years ad was wonderful, […]

It’s been a nerve-wrecking few months. My book was entered in to the Creative Play 2019 Awards in August of this year. Independent testers have judged my book and I’m so proud to announce that…. *drum roll please* IT WON! Check out my book and the other winners here: http://creativesteps.co.uk/competitions/creative-play-awards/ I found out a couple […]