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Ken Hom reveals some traditions – and superstitions – for Chinese New Year
By Catherine O'Dolan on 08/02/2013 14:29:00
Start with a firecracker and let the children behave badly. It's Chinese New Year! Here's how to have an authentic celebration
tinder and flint were used, no one would lend them on this day or give a light to others.* If you cry on New Year's Day, you will cry all through the year (oh dear, again). Therefore, any behaviour from children is tolerated without punishment, even
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Brand new Children's Fashion Floor at Harrods
By Catherine O'Dolan on 19/10/2012 12:46:26
Take a sneaky peek into the world of the new Children's Fashion Floor at Harrods
EXCITING TIMES ARE afoot at luxury department store Harrods, in Knightsbridge, with the opening of the brand-new children's fashion floor. Covering over 66,000 square-foot to create one of the largest destinations for mini fashion in the world
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JUNIOR DESIGN AWARDS RESULTS 2011
By Catherine O'Dolan on 14/06/2011 14:42:52
Check out all the elite entrants for our illustrious awards
) * Best toy design (6-plus) * Best online toy retailer * Picture book of the year * Best classic book * Best new talentFAMILY TRAVEL Best family tour operator * Best family hotel * Best family holiday * Best Travel productFOOD Best children’s food brand
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Announcing The Junior Design Awards
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/12/2010 10:54:42
The only awards that celebrate excellence in design & style for children's fashion, lifestyle & interiors, travel, food, toys and books
of the year * Best classic book * New illustarator/author talentTRAVEL * Best family hotel UK * Best hotel: Europe/rest of world * Best hotel group * Best family tour operator * Best family holiday * Best Travel productFOOD & DINING * Best children’s food
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Junior designer shines at Graduate Fashion Week
By Catherine O'Dolan on 09/06/2011 15:18:02
Introducing the winner of the Children's Wear Design Award at GFW, sponsored by George
in force to celebrate the exciting new talent from the country's youngest new designers.We were delighted to meet up with Kirsty Watson, the proud winner of the very first George Children's Design Competition, and to see her winning creations! (I was lucky
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The 'good behaviour' benefits of reading to your child
By Catherine O'Dolan on 08/11/2012 12:53:12
Snuggling up with a good book with your child can boost good behaviour and understanding
on the positive behaviour of a child rather than the negative. They also gave advice on how to share books with their children, for instance, by switching off mobile phones and taking time to look at pictures, highlighting new vocabulary, discussing the book
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The Family Festival Guide 2012
By Catherine O'Dolan on 04/05/2012 10:16:32
Junior's pick of the most fabulous family-friendly festivals around
) and enormous giant flowers, as well as brilliant dedicated areas for children and, new for last year, tweens and teenagers. The 2012 line-up has a distinctly folky feel with Laura Marling and Bon Iver at the top of the bill and pouty pop princess Lana Del Ray
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Puffin Books celebrate 70 fabulous years of brilliant picture books
By Catherine O'Dolan on 28/04/2010 16:19:13
A behind-the-scenes peek at the Puffin Picture Book Boutique
The elegant Riverside Room on the 10th floor of prestigious pubishers Penguin – with a stunning view of the Thames and the South Bank's London Eye – was the venue for a gathering of the glitterati of children's picture book art to kickstart the year
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Highly Commended Most Promising New Talent 2012: A Zeal Of Zebras by Woop Studios
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 12:10:45
A poetic collection of creatures, playfully presented in words and pictures
Forget flocks and herds: they’re so last year. When talking about a large mass of creatures, isn’t a galaxy of starfish, a quiver of cobras, or an exaltation of peacocks so much more poetic? This sumptuously designed tome features an imaginative
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Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year 2012: The Hueys In The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:41:46
Jelly beans with legs? Why no, it's the legions of Hueys in the brand new book by award-winning author Oliver Jeffers
sense of mischievous fun.The Hueys And The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins, £10.99)Who won the Junior Design Awards Best Picture Book 2012 category? More books by Oliver Jeffers.
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