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 couldn’t write picture books in the ...

1. Booty for winners  Keep prizes and goodie bags simple. It’s a good idea to give away some of the decorations, such as large paper flowers. Children will love to keep them as a souvenir of the fun they had and parents can put them up

ONCE UPON A TIME, children’s clothes were made with wide seams and carefully positioned darts, so that nimble-fingered sewers could ensure extended wear in years to come, with a nifty stitch here and a deft tuck there. Thrift is back in vogue, so it

An astronaut, a doctor, an artist… Ask your child what he wants to be when he grows up and he’ll probably have some big ideas. But the sad reality is that many children across the world will never grow up to realise their dreams. According

their own definition. The problem is, theseare rarely compatible with families and children. However, there arehip hotels that are family-friendly. Here’s Junior’s selection of 10hip hotels that not only welcome families, but are uber-cool too… Amanjena

husband Stephen, and our five children Calvin, 12, Ezra, nine, Adelaide, seven, Harper, four, and baby Annabel, whose one – and would include home, gardening, walking, playing, creating together, and ending with a visit to the lake. Oh, and ice cream – a

July's Bread & Butter show in Berlin will see the launch of the urban and streetwear trade fair's debut childrenswear section, aptly titled Kids Camp. The dedicated area will feature up to 50 brands, including labels such as Junior favourites Replay & Sons, Pepe Jeans and Hackett...

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WARNING: Arachnophobics, stay away! If you shreik every time you see an incy wincy spider, or the thought of your child having headlice sends shivers down your spine, then this is definitely not the app for you! However, if your child arachno-loving and finds the lure of insects ...

The trend for all things naval kicked off when the artist Franz Winterhalter painted the four-year-old Prince Albert Edward in a white sailor suit for a Channel Islands’ cruise in 1846. By the 1870s, both boys and girls were sporting the look.