books

Bloom Where You Are Planted

June 20, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot of my Mum lately. I am in a constant state of missing since her death, but right now it really hurts. “Bloom where you are planted,” she used to say. I recalled that today. It made me happy and sad at the same time. Bloom Where You Are Planted The [...]

Guest Post : Reading

June 4, 2010

Many of us have wonderful childhood memories of being read to, and reading favourite books. I have a lasting memory of the pride I felt when I read a book in its entirety at the age of 6. It was called Mortimer K Saves the Day! [by R Gelman]. My love of books has been passed on [...]

Books are NOT Just for Reading

March 18, 2010

Books are not just for reading, so my children have taught me. They sometimes grab a book each and run around the house playing the character. So there you go, that’s really getting into a book isn’t it? Love it.

Talking Children’s Books

July 19, 2009

For the last couple of years I have run a small book business with Total Learning, selling educational books to parents in a personal way. The main reason I do this is to provide my children with a home library our family can enjoy. Reading not only teaches children about pattens in language and word/letter [...]