I was fortunate enough to receive a big pile of books from Hill and Knowlton a couple of weeks ago. I decided not to give them to Erin all at once but to spread them out over the summer (read: keep them as a secret stash for when I want half an hour to [...]

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I’ve been sent a few copies of Harper Collins The Brilliant Book of Baby Names. At £6.99 this book is choc full of name suggestions, no less than 592 pages of them!
The introduction includes a ten tip guide to choosing your baby’s name and a simple ‘how to use this book section. It [...]

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I finally got around to reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last week, it took me about five days, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact I got to the last few chapters and felt an odd sense of sorrow that it was all about to end, seven books, thousands of pages, no [...]

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I have mentioned my love of the Usborne Touch & Feel books before.
That’s Not My Snowman is the most recent title to have caught my eye and has expanded our collection to about seven books. Like the others the book includes a touchy feely spot on each page that demonstrates a different [...]

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You Want To Do What?: Instant answers to your parenting dilemmas is written by Karen Sullivan and is aimed at parents with children between ages 8-18.
I have written a series of short discursive posts based on the book and the following topics;
Abortion
Babysitting
Clothing Allowances
Criminal Responsibility
ADHD
Morals
The books covers a lot of topics, which range from [...]

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Paula (a fellow british parent blogger and sponsor of littlemummy.com) sent us a sample barefoot book called ‘Bear About Town‘.
The first thing I noticed about the book was the vibrant colours, the cover is green, orange and pink, and they aren’t sickly shades, they look natural, which fits with the barefoot ethos. The books [...]

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Just a quick post to let you know I completed the above titled book. I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction recently and this was a welcome change of pace. As good as the previous shopaholic instalments, it covers the story of Becky Bloomwood pregnant and ready for life as a mother, many [...]

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A while back Dorling Kindersley sent me a couple of books to try out and write a review on, if I so wished.
Both books are written by Dr Miriam Stoppard, most of you will have heard that name before, she is a famous childcare expert that writes various columns for parenting magazines, she is also [...]

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The Undomestic Goddess is written by Sophie Kinsella, yes that’s Sophie Kinsella that also writes the shopaholic series.
I’ve read most of the shopaholic series so I knew this book would be a good read before I turned the first page. It’s written in Sophie’s typically witty and fast moving style with plenty of laugh [...]

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I finished reading this book a little while ago and to be honest I wasn’t going to bother doing a review because I didn’t really know what to say.
I wasn’t really sure what I got out of the book, although I’m in the perfect demographic that it should help - a worrier that carrys around [...]

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