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What I found today...
By Fiona McKim on 23/07/2012 12:48:32
This sweet handmade toy allows mothers in Bangladesh to work for a better life
Hand knitted in bold hues with a soft, huggable belly and a cheery smile, this happy Humpty Dumpty would take pride of place in any child's bedroom, pride being an important word to the team behind Humpty and pals - not-for-profit community business, Pebble.Each toy is hand craft...
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Winner of the Best Story App 2012: Cinderella by Nosy Crow
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 17:36:05
The traditional fairy tale comes to vivid life with this highly interative retelling where your child can also be a star of the show!
The highly interactive nature of this sweet retelling of the classic tale, from Nosy Crow, makes it a winner. Telling the well-loved classic tale of the rags-to-riches romance of a young girl, Cinderella, who is forced into a life of drudgery by her
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Shortlisted Baby Designer Fashion 2012 - Olive & Moss
By Junior Design Awards on 22/05/2012 11:15:00
These top baby brands create charming clothes with luxe fabrics and acute attention to detail
Combining deep jewel hues with sweetly pretty ditsy floral prints and a larger-than-life graphic animal characters perhaps shouldn't work but South London based Olive & Moss manage pull it off with aplomb. Playful and eccentric, the clean colour
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Family fun for Independent Booksellers Week 2012
By Fiona McKim on 25/06/2012 18:35:14
From a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party to a nationwide Wally hunt, families can have a ball whilst supporting independent bookshops at this fiesta of local literature
. For the modern child, between E-books, apps and Amazon the experience of visiting a bespoke, independent bookshop may be an unfamiliar one, so why not give your child a taste of the literary life by taking in a family event during Independent Booksellers Week
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Chicken and broccoli teriyaki
By Joanna Weinberg on 17/10/2012 17:29:57
Feel like chicken tonight? Why not rustle up this tasty teriyaki number
This is a Japanese childhood favourite: its sweet stickiness will tempt the fussiest of eaters. It has a certain amount of salt and sugar in it, which is reduced here by using a low-salt variety of soy sauce, and a natural sugar such as agave nectar
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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
By Catherine O'Dolan on 03/07/2012 12:55:48
Long-suffering Greg Heffley huffs his way through a big summer adventure – with mayhem and mishaps along the way
diary of a wimpy kid and life for Greg works pretty much on the premise that if things can go wrong, then they will. So expect craziness and mayhem to happen at the club (where would-be rockstar Roderick insists his brother sneaks him in too); on a
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A foodie conversation with awarding-winning author, Amanda Grant
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 18:02:31
Award-winning author Amanda Grants talks about her fondest childhood food memories and setting the world – or rather the kitchen – on fire!
with a sweet and vibrant tomato sauce. Mum would invariably serve this with oven baked homemade chips, it was so good.I didn’t like my grandma’s vegetables (sorry grandma). I didn’t know why at the time; now I realise it was because she added lots of salt
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The Best Of British cool daddios
By Junior on 14/06/2012 11:37:00
These family men are flying the flag for Great British fatherhood
James CordonAfter a steep ascent to fame playing beer-guzzling Essex wide boy, Smithy, in Gavin And Stacey, it seemed that life was imitating art as Cordon gleefully hit the London party circuit and had rumoured dalliances with a bevy of beauties, including
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Living la Dolce Vita at Borgo Egnazia
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/05/2012 12:17:50
Is there a location more lovely for the whole family to while away a idle summer days than Borgo Egnazia in Puglia, Italy?
THERE ARE GOOD reasons why the Italians coined the phrase “La Dolce Vita”. They know a thing or two about living the sweet life. Stunning scenery, gorgeous weather, great food and wine, good company… that’s the Italian definition of the good life
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Exclusive interview: Dolce and Gabbana
By Catherine O'Dolan on 24/09/2012 15:04:53
Famed for their glamorous, playful style, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana tell Junior about their new children's collection
cars, I played with a needle and thread and remnants of fabric. I spent hours with my father, watching as he cut clothes for special occasions, and for daily life. I followed each stage very carefully – the choice of fabric, the measurements that were
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