MORE TO nursery rhymes around the world

It is with great pleasure that this blog interviews Gaitree, who I met at Nursery World and Childcare and Education Expo. It was an honour to be one of the first to hear of her amazing concept to bring learning to life through poems and nursery rhymes from around the world. How did your book …

More to Kids Book Review Podcast with Krish

I had the honour of meeting Krish at my book launch in September 2023. It is no secret that I love books and my first book, ‘There’s More to Books than Reading’ really shines through in Krish’s podcast. He shares what other children learn from kids books and his reviews. I interviewed him on how …

More to Carrots at Christmas

With my new book, More to Mealtimes, encouraging children to eat a rainbow, when e-met Liz Hedgecock, I was intrigued by the Christmas Carrot. I interviewed Liz about her children’s story. How did your Christmas book come about? I mostly write contemporary and historical mystery novels for adults, but occasionally I write stories for children. …

More to The Nose Family

I had the honour of being on the Demo stage at the Clean and Tidy Home show last week and be on the Kids Zone stage sharing all about my new book ‘More to Mealtimes’ There I met the author of the Nose Family, Costas Andreou, who also had a slot on the Kid’s Zone. …

Dogs don’t do Ballet by Anna Kemp, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Reading to children is such an interactive process and doing voices as well as facial expressions can help tell and story, with young children, getting them involved in the story brings it to life. Here’s how I would use this book for development in the EYFS. A little synopsis from me- Biff is a dog …

Finding Their Feet by Bernie Landels

My books support parents to bring learning to life in the home through books and organising and while they can support young families, as an EYFS teacher working in nurseries, reception and schools as well as private homes, my books are for children aged 2 plus. So when I connected with Bernie, I knew I …

Organising books

Keeping with last weeks post where I told you about the exciting launch of my new business More to Organising- help your child to be more independent and making your life easier by organising with your child in mind! Pull out all of your books onto the floor. This helps you see the amount you …

The Mexiglish Girl by Natalia Simons

As you know, I believe that there is More to Books than Reading. After being in Italy, I have been reminiscing about how I used to use children’s books to help me learn a new language. Well your books do that in one with Spanish! We loved the blog learning all about your inspiration behind …

Yoginis Yoga

At the end of September, I went to the Childcare and Education Expo. It is such an amazing place to learn more about EYFS and Primary education. I met some inspirational people, all supporting children to learn in this very important phase of their lives. I met Susan and Katie at their stand, and was …

Thinkably

At the end of September, I went to the Childcare and Education Expo which was an amazing event for the Early Years and Primary sector. There were many great exhibitors and one of the stalls especially caught my eye. I truly believe that ‘There’s More to Books than Reading’ and Thinkably proves that too. Thinkably …