and inspire your child with new home art ideas.Animals in Art by Joanna Skipwith (Silver Jungle, £9.99). Pick out an animal (tiger or rhino) and look at how this familiar image has been recreated in art, discussing style and materials with your child.The Art

Want a break from the hurly-burly of modern life and lots of space for your child? Dolly Cottage, in rugged, rural Eire’s Donegal, is a 200-year-old thatched cottage sleeping up to four, set in seven acres of gardens leading to the River Stragar