This morning's read....My Granny Went to Market

As a child I loved books that exposed me to different cultures. I also loved detailed pictures where I would pretend my finger was a little person walking around the picture.  This book is a really good example of my favourite childhood book.

You can get this book here and go around the world with Granny counting to ten.

Children's Book Week

It’s Children’s Book Week this week (Oct 7th-11th) and this year’s theme is 100 best books for all ages up to 14. Below I have come up with my own favourites for each age group.

Babies

Welcome to the world

Babies love interacting with other babies and so this book keeps them enthralled with this collection of photographs and poems from many cultures. This unique anthology celebrates the feelings of hope, wonder, surprise, delight and fascination at each new generation of children.

This book is currently being sold half price and with the exclusive discount code below you can get this book for £5.99

1-5

Bear on a Bike

Bear has a series of books and in this book he tries out different forms of transport and has an adventure with each one. Rhyme and repetition support the learning layers of travel and transportation, as Bear travels in a raft, a rocket ship, a boat, a bike, a steam train, and a carriage.

9-11

World Atlas

This atlas is fantastic for all ages but probably comes into its own for older children who are confident, highly imaginative readers.  It’s packed with information about the way in which communities and cultures around the world have been shaped by their local environments, and it looks at the ideas and initiatives that are shaping the future.

11+

Kid’s Kitchen

Barefoot Books doesn’t just make books but crafts and hand puppets too.  Step into the kitchen for some fun with food. The forty recipes in this colourful deck are based around the five main food groups, and offer a healthy and exciting way to learn about cooking.

The 3 of us read...Clare Beaton's Nursery Rhymes

I am in love with the board books by Clare Beaton. They are created beautifully as the book is made up of photos of felt creations.  There are some old favourite nursery rhymes and Albie enjoys a good sing song. For the ones that I haven't heard of, Mummy does a good rap!

You can get this book here and for the full collection of Clare Beaton's books visit this page

Autumn special - 20% off

Barefoot Books have an autumn promotion, head to my shop now for 20% off until 30 Sept

Barefoot Books

It's no secret among the people that know me best that I love books.  I spent most of my youth cycling to the library and getting out the maximum number of books and figuring out afterwards how I would get them all home.

As I've got older I've fell out of love with books probably because adult books don't have pretty pictures and after a hard day at work I don't have the energy to read literature.  Instead I spend my time looking at 'pretty pictures' on the internet and looking at magazines.

I'm back at the library now, this time with Albie in tow and I may as well have a shelf with my name on given the amount of reservations I make for books across the county.  I'm enjoying reading with Albie and seeing his face as he takes in all the colours and details.

It's why I jumped at the chance to be a Barefoot Books ambassador.  We've been getting Albie's little mitts on their books from the library for a while and he loves the colours and the words are nice and fun for me as well.

This blog is going to go into detail about some of the books and maybe if you like what you see you can head over to my shop.  Look out for giveaways and discounts here too.

For now if you want to get 20% off your first order with Barefoot Books just enter the code TWENTY13 when prompted.