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A taste of Thailand
By Junior on 24/08/2011 12:31:50
From rugged rainforests and idyllic sandy shores to stunning cityscapes, Thailand offers a host of opportunities that teach valuable life lessons…
-flops for the fluffy slippers, the cares of the day melted away. With stepping stones at my feet and candles lighting the way, I shuffled to the treatment room (the one-size-fits-all slippers didn’t fit my size threes). After selecting my aromas – rose or jasmine
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The story behind Bottom’s Up!
By Catherine O'Dolan on 10/03/2009 12:17:26
A Junior interview with author Jeanne Willis and illustrator Adam Stower on their brilliant picturebook collaboration
enjoy trying to add little moments like this to my pictures in addition to what is in the text as I think it adds depth and personality to the characters.Junior: Why is the chubby upside-down bat looking so grumpy? This is a question from a three
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Junior meets Oeuf NYC founder Sophie Demenge
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 13/07/2012 13:20:56
Chic furniture, kooky clothes and unusual furnishings, NYC-based Oeuf have hatched a nestful of brilliant ideas. We caught up with the company's co-founder Sophie Demenge
know…?I am a morning person. I like to be the first one up, to go downstairs put some music on and dance around the kitchen by myself. It’s a good way to start the day for me. Usually my son wakes up next and joins me and we dance cheek to cheek
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ROCK STAR DADDY
By Suzanne Milne on 01/08/2008 15:58:18
After 25 years of rocking the world with Bon Jovi, drummer Tico Torres reveals the women, the passion and the rebellious rock 'n' roll spirit that inspired him to create a Rock Star Baby
to him that I really miss him [when I am on tour] and that I’m sorry…and I want to hear his opinion. But he could be whatever he wants to be. I’m gonna teach him everything I possibly could in my life, and then he’s gonna teach me, because I’m sure there
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Exclusive Q&A with theatre director Sally Cookson
By Sophie Westnedge on 13/05/2013 14:53:22
Theatre director gives Junior her thoughts on stage adaptations and introducing children to the world of plays...
. The more well known books are often harder to adapt because so many people have fixed ideas of what to expect. Bear Hunt was a favourite with my children when they were little, they loved pretending to squelch through mud and splash about in the river
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Orlando blooms
By Junior on 24/08/2011 15:39:50
Dine with the whales, swim with dolphins, or nose-dive down water slides, Florida’s metropolis of theme parks will leave you in a sunshine state
. My favourite overheard comment of the day, though, was a mother saying to her children: “Don’t get wet!”The queues for Dolphin Plunge, the signature attraction where you speed through transparent tunnels while black-and-white Commerson’s Dolphins
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Venice
By Siobhan Mulholland on 18/04/2010 20:19:22
Junior's city break guide to Venice
THE RESULTS OF my informal Family Holiday Highlights Survey took me by surprise. Devised and carried out by myself – the mother of three children, aged ten, nine and five – it involved one simple question: what was the best day of your Italian
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The Italian jaunt
By Junior on 11/08/2011 14:40:53
Riding in a gondola and scooting down water slides are sure to deliver an idyllic family holiday, so prepare yourselves for Italy’s floating world
The results of my informal Family Holiday Highlights Survey took me by surprise. Devised and carried out by myself – the mother of three children, aged ten, nine and five – it involved one simple question: what was the best day of your Italian
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Snap Happy
By Coral Garlick on 20/04/2010 10:30:37
Encourage your budding Baileys and mini Marios to capture family memories on camera
good subject, then it does. As confidence grows, encourage your child to work on projects in an area they are interested in. My eight-year-old daughter, Lucia, loves writing stories and using her photographs to make a storybook. A little boy I know
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Feast on festivals this summer
By Catherine O'Dolan on 14/05/2013 15:10:47
Escape the routine of family life at a festival that celebrates music, dance, comedy and more – coming soon to a field near you...
. “My favourite followed a storytelling and drawing session from Oliver Jeffers,” says Byrne. “Oliver said ‘Any questions?’ and a little voice piped up ‘What does Batman do?’. Oliver hadn’t mentioned Batman, but he drew a penguin-like figure, and gave
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