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How your child can turn beekeeper for a sweet cause
By Fiona McKim on 18/04/2013 11:04:00
Family bee awareness campaign launches today
launches a range of goodies featuring the cute characters and locations from the popular animated series.To generate more buzz for the campaign, a competition will also run online, giving away a beehive through the Adopt A Hive scheme, where recipients can
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Summer Events for the South East
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 01/07/2011 17:38:14
Our pick of fun family activities for the summer holidays
. Prehistoric Park BoatJuly 28Travel back in time and discover life in the Lee Valley millions of years ago. Head to Lady of Lee Valley Moorings in Broxbourne to find out about the extinct animals that once roamed the valley. Take a boat ride followed then activities
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How to make the most of a day at Legoland, Windsor
By Sophie Westnedge on 14/05/2013 15:20:18
We find out what's not to be missed at the UK's favourite family destination
of Duplo animal friends including lions, giraffes and elephants for little ones, and for the slightly older ones, Duplo Drench Towers, the largest water structure in the UK especially designed for maximum soaking. Make sure you don¹t miss the world famous
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February and half-term events
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 07/02/2011 10:47:24
Keep busy this half-term with our pick of great events
wish at magical bonfire at BeWilderwood, Norfolk, and follow fun woodland trails.Norman Knights Family Fun TrailFebruary 19–27Search the ruins of Peveril Castle, Castleton, to find hidden letters and spell out a secret word. Wild EventsFebruary 21–25Go
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Rebecca Elliott on creating Zoo Girl
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 30/05/2011 19:18:08
Highly Commended in our Junior Design Awards category Picture Book Of The Year, author and illustrator Rebecca Elliott gives us the back story to her latest book, Zoo Girl
an affinity with animals instead. And then I had to think of the necessary happy ending – I couldn’t leave the poor girl living feral in a zoo for ever more. So the story became one about adoption and family as the childless zoo-keeper couple find her
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Happy Feet 2
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 02/01/2012 14:45:02
Get into the groove with this animated family film starring Elijah Wood and Robin Williams
-deaf member of a community of accomplished singers, his son Erik’s troubles are in the toe-tapping department. When Mumble’s efforts to help Erik find his dancing feet end in humiliation, Erik runs away and ends up stumbling into a neighbouring colony presided
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Easter Days Out In Scotland
By Fiona McKim on 27/03/2012 15:34:16
Have a crack at one of these fun family events
Easter animalsMarch 31–April 16Livingstone’s Almond Valley heritage Centre will be hosting an Easter egg hunt throughout the on-site farm, giving children a chance to get up close to the adorable baby animals which have arrived in the Spring. Turn
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A Cute Rising Star For 2011: Claude
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/12/2010 17:32:18
Always on the look-out for new and exciting literary talent, Junior LOVES the cute little doggy, with a hint of Snoopy. Here, author illlustrator Alex T Smith gives us the inside story on his brilliant new book
! In terms of his character, he’s based on a complete mash-up of all sorts of things – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecombe, one of my parent’s dogs called Murphy (he has the same ears as Claude) and my Grandad Sid who always seemed to find himself in funny
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Hotel Transylvania: A Monster Hit for Hallowe'en
By Catherine O'Dolan on 18/10/2012 14:56:00
With a ghastly cast of ghouls, monsters, vampires and freaks, Hotel Transylvania is a real hoot for Hallowe'en
EVER WONDERED WHERE monsters go on holiday? No, it's not a gag (but now you mention it, maybe to Howl-lywood, travelling by scareplane?). You won't find a spookier leisure location than Dracula's lavish 5-stake resort, Hotel Transylvania. There's a
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Exciting Discoveries at Kleine Fabriek
By Catherine Hudson on 08/07/2011 12:17:44
Junior brings you exciting fashion finds you may not have come across that we discovered at the Spring Summer 2012 Kleine Fabriek childrenswear tradeshow
out for with clothing label, Little Heroes, launching with the range for 2012. In stark colour contrast, Dutch label Tapete showed bright and bold T-shirts and babygrows with animal designs.Although Belgian label Bellerose has been our style radar
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