and again…) why not stop midway and see if you can recreate your own different ending.Wendy Cooling, children’s books guru and founder of Bookstart, the charity that championed free books for babies, shares some of her all-time favourite books, perfect

This recipe is taken from The Giraffe Family Cookcook by Hugo Arnold (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, £14.99). With lots of fresh vegetables, a little cheese for protein and Giraffe's famous house dressing, this is a summer salad with crunch, attitude and colour.Ingredients200g feta chee...

Dyslexia is a condition which affects how children process language and affects up to ten per cent of the population. While it pose challenges, there are some practical things youcan do to help your child: 1) Put in some extra time to help your child with her school reading book,...

be more encouraged to dine out in restaurants? Yes of course, it's lovely to see families out enjoying good food. Carluccio's is very family-friendly.Antonio Carluccio will be sharing more of his passions for food and Italy and Destinations, The Holiday

You will need1 square of brightly coloured feltAssorted scraps or offcuts of vintage/retro-style fabricSoft toy fillingA cup of rice*Sewing thread and a hand sewing needlePinsPen or pencil + paper*add 2 teaspoons of dried lavender if you fancy a scented frog*Method1) Create one t...

Home from home, extra space to spread out, a kitchen so you can handle night-time feeds or easily fix an early-rising toddler’s breakfast, your own pool so you don’t have to worry about anyone bagging the best sunloungers… Add to that maids, chefs, babysitting if you want it –  t...

How did Okido start?Okido started when my son Emil was four and not yet at school. We were on holiday in Morocco with just one Richard Scarry book that we were reading over and over again. So we started drawing our own book with some activity pages and a story about all the cats ...

What’s your earliest food memory? Sunday roasts with my family – I’ve never seen a man eat as much as my grandfather – and crab sandwiches on the windswept Cornish coast are my fondest food memories.What foods did you like and dislike as a child? I ate anything as a child with th...

Be spontaneousAvoid posed pictures and shoot while your child is engaged in a natural activity: playing in the sand pit or paddling pool, climbing trees and making dens are all good starting points.Think candid Hold your camera in your hand, but not up to your face, and take pict...

What inspired you to set up Naty?When I was pregnant with my youngest son Edvard, I read in a newspaper article that said every Swedish baby produced half a ton of non-biodegradable nappy refuse a year. This shocked me into investigating the possibility of starting to produce an ...