| |
 |
Tana Ramsay's Green Beans with Lemon and Pancetta
By Junior on 20/09/2011 11:22:45
This recipe by Tana Ramsay is a tasty way of sneaking nutritious beans into your child’s diet
of sneaking nutritious beans into your child’s diet. Green Beans with Lemon and PancettaServes 4 as a side dishIngredients250g (9oz) green beans, trimmed and halved75g (23/4oz) pancetta, cubed2 tbsp pine nutsFinely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemonSalt flakes
|
|
 |
Lauren Child's top five children's books
By Fiona McKim on 22/11/2012 17:31:54
The Clarice Bean, That’s Me and the Charlie And Lola author picks her favourite reads
Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight (Simon & Schuster, £6.99)This book is just beautiful. Written in 1955, yet it feels thoroughly modern. I first found Eloise after I couldn’t get my first Clarice Bean book published. I was told that you
|
|
 |
We quiz Claude In The City creator Alex T Smith
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 31/05/2011 20:28:38
Alex T Smith spills on the beans on his own mischievous hounds, his signature style and his clumsy tendencies...
Can you summarise the plot of Claude In The City in ten words? A little dog visits the city and foils a robbery! Are you a dog-owner yourself? Yes, I have four dogs. Although they are so small they only make up the size of one big dog. I have two Chihuahuas, Billy Bongo and Ben...
|
|
 |
Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year 2012: The Hueys In The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:41:46
Jelly beans with legs? Why no, it's the legions of Hueys in the brand new book by award-winning author Oliver Jeffers
What would the world be like if we lived as a nation of identikit looky-likies? That's the universe that is inhabited by the Hueys, a funny-looking but kinda cute breed of creatures, with oval bodies, stick legs and pin-prick beady eyes. Life in Huey World is peaceful and dandy, ...
|
|
 |
Top chefs at home: Henry Dimbleby
By Catherine O'Dolan on 09/09/2010 11:24:28
The co-founder of Leon, and father of George, two, and Johnnie, four months, reveals what his family eats at home and a traditional, tasty recipe
’”, is “running restaurants”.Ben’s Hand-Me-Down Sausage & Bean Pot PieServes 4Ingredients250g (9oz) dried haricot beans 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 large chunky Cumberland sausages, or Italian fennel and pork sausages (if
|
|
 |
Best of the rest... Most Innovative Product 2012
By Junior Design Awards on 20/05/2012 22:40:55
Our judges were spoilt for choice by all the ingenious items beautifully designed to make family life happier
The Fisher-Price Cruisin' Motion Soother is the first of its kind. Taking your baby out for a ride in the car is a tried and tested way of sending him off to sleep. The Cruisin' Motion Soother replicates the feeling of being in a car. The bucket-like seat holds your baby snugly i...
|
|
 |
A Royal Feast
By Matthew Holroyd on 28/04/2011 12:03:34
Junior picks our favourite Royal nibbles
Enjoy a giant Rose Raspberry Cake by chic Laduree
|
|
 |
Picture Book Of The Year 2011
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 20/05/2011 17:22:18
*Winner*The Gift by Carol Ann Duffy and Rob Ryan (Barefoot Books, £10.99), 3+
|
|
 |
Global games for summer
By Josie Curran on 05/07/2012 12:29:35
Keep children entertained on holiday and learn about playtime all around the world these fantastic games...
of beans or small beach pebbles – any number between eight and twelve is ideal depending on the size of the pebbles or beans. The important part is that all players have the same number.• Players then take it in turns to see how many beans they can throw
|
|
 |
The Story So Far: Lauren Child
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/01/2013 14:43:24
A potted history of one of our best-loved children's author, creator of Charlie And Lola
Bean, That’s Me (Orchard, £5.99), which was shortlisted for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. In 2000, she won a Kate Greenaway Medal for I Will Not Ever, Never Eat A Tomato (Orchard, £5.99), which introduced her lovable sibling duo, Charlie and Lola, now
|
|
