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Five really wild books about nature
By Fiona McKim on 19/04/2012 12:37:29
Inspire your child's love of wildlife with these green reads
Swirl by Swirl, Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman (£11.99, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)A simple and elegant book, linking together many different facets of the natural world through a common pattern of swirls. From snail's shells to entire galaxies
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Wildlife activity books for families
By Fiona McKim on 15/05/2012 13:25:47
Take inspiration from these fresh and wild reads
Nature Adventures by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (£7.99, Frances Lincoln)A finely detailed guide to the natural life that can be found in various habitats from town to country. The evocative illustrations and comprehensive listings of various
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Holiday bargains
By Junior on 10/08/2011 15:24:26
Here's how to snap up the best family holiday deals...
to get the best deal for your family holiday this year. Just a few years ago, we were all spurning the traditional package for a clever mix of cheap flights and accommodation booked online, revelling in the prospect of saving a few pounds. Now
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Your Continental Year
By Suzanne Milne on 20/04/2010 14:33:33
Where to go and what to do in Europe for every season
, stay in a cave-house at inland Artenara, where the island is lush, green and bursting with blossoms, and nature is at its best. Book with Upland Escapes. Tel: 01367 851111; www.uplandescapes.comMarch Chill out in SwedenThe famous Swedish Icehotel
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Could your child be a child model?
By Judith Eagle on 16/04/2010 13:16:33
Money, fame and glory? Is that what child modelling is all about? Er - No says Judith Eagle
, it’s across the board,” she says.With around 20 modelling agencies across the UK, each with several hundred children on their books, it is a competitive world, warns Alysia Lewis, Director of Urban Angels in Islington. “There are lots of stunning
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A Little Luxury
By Jane Anderson on 26/01/2009 13:19:55
Enjoy the good life and splash out on a luxury holiday you’ll never forget
? Kuoni offers seven nights with breakfast in a beach villa, including flights, seaplane transfers and airport lounge in the UK from £2,164 per adult and £1,034 per child. Earlybird saving available if booked before February 28, 2009. Tel: 01306 747008
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Luxury holidays around the world
By Junior on 18/08/2011 12:08:17
Enjoy the good life and splash out on a luxury holiday you’ll never forget
? Kuoni offers seven nights with breakfast in a beach villa, including flights, seaplane transfers and airport lounge in the UK from £2,164 per adult and £1,034 per child. Earlybird saving available if booked before February 28, 2009. Tel: 01306 747008
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Christmas with Heston Blumenthal and celebrity friends
By Kate Donoughue on 16/12/2010 11:09:46
From delicious food and beautiful decorations to curtailing children’s tantrums, six experts provide simple suggestions to help you have the happiest Christmas
Heston Blumenthal, Michelin-starred chefIf children are helping you cook, don’t expect them to make a dish from start to finish. It’s the interaction that’s the best thing – they can learn from you and you can learn from teaching them.Mimi Doe
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Fabulously funky lunch-box suggestions
By Kate Donoughue on 05/08/2010 11:28:24
If your child is bored with bread or cheesed off with cheese, then try these tried-and-tested recipes to enliven your child's lunch box
’t.Favourite recipeMuffinsMakes 12 muffinsIngredients50g (2oz) butter300g (10½ oz) self-raising flour2tsp baking powder80g (3oz) golden caster sugar2 eggs110ml (4fl oz) natural yoghurt (or milk)A few drops of vanilla extract2 big handfuls of berries (eg blueberries
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Your dream green holiday
By Junior on 18/08/2011 14:22:12
With tipis, tree houses and wildlife projects, ethical travelling has never been so much fun
historic 1,000-acre estate on Cornwall’s breathtaking Lizard peninsula, is time spent well. Here, even the beautiful buildings have been ‘recycled’: two 18th-century cottages stand within a fort dating back to the Iron Age, while a Georgian barn has been
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