The third January in the year (18th Jan this year) is said to be the saddest day, Blue Monday. Some say was a PR stunt by Sky Travel who worked with Dr. Cliff Arnall in 2005, to find out when the saddest day of the year occurred. The aim was to encourage people to...
Last week I attended the London Toy Fair 2019. Although it was my third time visiting the Toy Fair, 2019 was the 66th year of the fair! My inner child came out. If you follow me on Insta you would have seen my selfies with CBeebies’ Bing Bunny and Flop, as well...
My kids and I are currently doing the Summer Reading challenge together. You may have seen some of our book selections on Insta Stories. On one of our library trips, Valentina spotted a book cover with her girl who reminded her of herself. She was so excited! It may...
The Frog and his Dancing Shoes is a newly published children’s picture book written by Tolulope Ogunmefun. Prior to writing his book Tolulope was well known as the YouTube sensation ‘Don’t Jealous Me’. The book’s title reminded me of two of my favourite...
Recently I attended the London Book Fair, for the first time. The market focus for the 2015 fair was Mexico. I wore two caps on the day; blogger and aspiring picture book writer. The first thing that struck me was the amount of men in the industry. I suppose on a...
