There’s seemingly no end to the range of animal-shaped chairs for children. In the beginning there were puppies, then sheep and now we have cats! Designed by Spanish designer Javier Mariscal for Magis, The Julian Pussy Cat Chair is bound to be a big

Name The Cat in the HatBorn 1957Defining moment It's a cold, wet day and two bored children are gazing out of the window wondering what to do when they hear an ominous bump: "We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat. We looked! And we saw him

'll never have to worry about being the elephant in the room, so to speak...Dog polo shirt from £35 by Hackett; 10% of each sale goes to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

During summer holidays at Nonsuch Bay resort in Antigua, young Swallows and Amazons can spend a day on an island. Young guests will build a fort with flotsam, hunt for buried treasure and construct a raft using dry cactus flower stems. A seven-night stay for a family of four stay...

Lavender's Blue by Kathleen Lines (OUP, £9.99) "This classic nursery rhyme collection is out in a wonderful 50th gift anniversary edition. The perfect gift".Buy Lavender's Blue

Odd socks and old gloves can be made into new friends!You will need:A woolen glovePolyester toy stuffing, or old fabric remnantsNeedle and threadFelt to make features, tail and scarfScissorsWoolSmall pom-pomWhat to do:1. Find a glove - choose an old wooly one that has lost it's p...

It was when the jaguar escaped that it hit Benjamin Mee exactly how much was at stake. The self-styled zookeeper and father of Milo, 11 and Ella, 9 whose story has inspired the film We Bought A Zoo, had only four days previously moved into a dilapidated zoo, the realities of whic...

Name MogBorn 1970Defining moment "Once there was a cat called Mog and she lived with a family called Thomas. Mog was nice but not very clever. She didn't understand a lot of things. A lot of other things she forgot. She was a very forgetful cat

With the wonderful wealth of children's picture books that's available, it might be considered unfair for us to have particular favourites, but we can't help but have a soft spot for Mog, the scraggy and rather grumpy cat created by author

long as you keep their cages clean. For those prepared to risk a cat or a dog, here are some suggestions: poodles and poodle hybrids, schnauzers and Maltese are all good canine choices as they tend to shed less hair and dander (flakes of skin) or need