Tiny Owl’s Children & Poetry campaign continues Pre-order Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me Poetry can have a profound and almost magical effect on people. One line of a poem can transport us to somewhere else entirely. Writing and reading poetry can help children develop empathy skills, aid literacy, and is fun! With the launch of […]
An interview with Eloise Greenfield Buy Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me Eloise Greenfield is the author of our latest poetry book Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me. We talked to her about poetry, and Thinker. Read her response below: Why do you think it is important for children to read poetry? I think it is […]
We’ve been inviting people to share their own experience of introducing a new sibling into their family. Becca, a mother of four, sent us this heartwarming response over Facebook. Thank you Becca! Read it below: Buy The New Baby and Me Paul and I have been married for thirteen years and we have four boys, Ernest […]
Happy International Dance Day! Buy The Drum Dancing is one of the most natural, human, things in the world. It’s something that we do when we’re very young, bopping along to nursery rhymes, and when we’re older: dancing in the first dance of a wedding for example. But, something that is often overlooked is that dancing […]
Buy Chalk Eagle Read a lovely review of Chalk Eagle by Just Imagine: Wordless books have long been a favourite at Just Imagine and sharing these in the classroom is an ideal way to build important literacy skills from an early age, including listening skills, vocabulary, comprehension and an increased awareness of how stories are structured. Recently released […]
Buy Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me We are thrilled to announce that our latest book Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me is out tomorrow! Thinker is written by award-winning African-American author Eloise Greenfield and is illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi. This is the perfect book for encouraging children to engage with poetry, and become poets themselves. Both Thinker and his […]
Pre-order Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me Pre-order Cinderella of the Nile We are thrilled that Tiny Owl authors and illustrators of: Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me Ehsan Abdollahi and Eloise Greenfield; and Cinderella of the Nile’s Beverley Naidoo, and Marjan Vafaeian have been featured as highlights for Edinburgh International Book Festival in this article by Bookwitch. Read it below: It’s short […]
Pre-order Cinderella of the Nile Nothing beats a good old fashioned fairy tale, Except, perhaps, a beloved fairy tale beautifully retold for the modern-day reader. Cinderella of the Nile, the earliest known-version of the Cinderella story, tells the tale of Rhodopis, a Greek girl who is sold into slavery by bandits and taken to Egypt. Along […]
Nicky*, a donor mum, offers insight into her parenting journey Buy The New Baby and Me We’ve been inviting parents to share their experience introducing a new baby into the family. Nicky, a midwife and mother to two, sent in her own slightly unusual but completely wonderful story over Facebook. Read it below: My family is […]
By Meghan Sullivan Buy The Clever Mouse When I was younger the best part of my day was when I could clamber into bed and read. Whether it was listening to my mum tell me stories she had made-up on the spot, or reading fantastic tales of magical schools, I would never want the stories to […]