Buy The New Baby and Me (hardback, paperback) Just like the five brothers in The New Baby and Me, we can’t wait for the paperback version of this lovely book to arrive. Good news, it will be here soon! The New Baby and Me tells the tale of five brothers who are eagerly awaiting the birth of their new baby sibling. They all differ on what they think the new baby will be like. Will he be a pirate,…
Buy A Bird Like Himself Read a wonderful review of A Bird Like Himself by Patricia Nozell: Today is International Dot Day, a world-wide celebration of creativity inspired by Peter H. Reynold’s classic picture book, The Dot, that invites readers to “make your mark, and see where it takes you.” I chose today’s Perfect Picture Book because I love the themes and the illustrations, because the main character learns to be “himself”, and also because its author/illustrator hails…
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 is 10 years old, Arthur is 8, Abraham 6 and Solomon is just about to turn 3. The morning I…
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 a little unusual. I am a single parent, and my second child was conceived using a donor. So, I suppose…
A song by Mike Henson Buy The New Baby and Me We were delighted to receive the lyrics to a song written by children’s picture book author and illustrator Mike Henson for his daughter Hannah. Mike sent this after reading The New Baby and Me. Read it below: Here’s to the spanner When we had it all figured out Except for Hannah She laughed, “What are your plans all about?” What are your plans when she smiles? What…