Discover is billed as an interactive story trail for children. And it is, but it’s also so much more. Florence and I are regulars these days due to the fact you can join as a member at very reasonable rates and have annual access. We go every couple

Nyetimber sparkling wine, Sipsmith gin, Riverford Organic foodA veritable feast was on show at Story PR's Christmas 2012 press preview show. With delicious food labels including Riverford Organic, Bazurro chocolates and Copas turkeys on display

cosy with your child at the end of the day is the perfect opportunity for bonding.But don't fall into the trap of thinking it will always be easy. "The classic notion of the bedtime story is usually envisaged idealistically, even sentimentally: dreamy

Lemony Snicket has always cut an enigmatic figure in the literary world. Shadowy and illusive, his twisted mysteries have sold by the sackload to young fans, eager to take a macabre journey of the imagination.Now, children who  can’t get enough of Lemony’s mysterious yarns can en...

The thrill of listening to a spooky story at Hallowe’en is one that stays with most of us long beyond childhood, but in many households this year ghost stories are set to become an altogether more modern affair.Ogres, goblins and ghouls abound

et al, first published in 1926. Of course, given the stories’ enduring appeal there is every chance that Her Majesty the Queen still enjoys taking a trip to the Hundred Acre Wood to this day, perhaps in quiet moments of reflection before the global

It was when the jaguar escaped that it hit Benjamin Mee exactly how much was at stake. The self-styled zookeeper and father of Milo, 11 and Ella, 9 whose story has inspired the film We Bought A Zoo, had only four days previously moved into a

Name AliceBorn 1896Defining moment "Alice was considering whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit ran close by her."Why we love Alice* She's feisty, opinionated, and very, very cur...

The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson and Joel ChinThe chic and sparse cover art perfectly suits the story inside, which is simply told and yet full of emotional impact. The story of the cycle of water from raindrop to evaporation back to cloud again

with their babies. According to Cooling, a parent's role is to instil a love for book and stories, rather than deal with the mechanics of learning to read.According to the National Literacy Trust, reading with your child has been shown to help children develop a