1 Love and lossThe day we brought our first bunnies home, the nice man in the pet shop gave us a free booklet. It listed the diseases that Flopsie and Fluffy might suffer from: myxomatosis, viral haemorrhagic disease, red urine and fly strike were

used to human handling from an early age.• Your child should always wash his hands after handling his pet and shouldn't allow it to lick his face.• Remember, the more love you give your pet, the more it will give in return.Lifeskills: Washing hands

, we asked children what causes they’d like to support through our newsletter The Daily Growl. We had almost 20,000 kids writing in, suggesting everything from saving the environment to feeding children in Africa. Then we had a big vote and decided

and ensure your child’s time at school is happy and fruitful. There are tricks to the trade, and, after teaching for over 25 years, I can guarantee that these 10 tips will earn you top marks with your child’s teacher.1 Treat teachers as professionals Most

everything much more of an adventure. Squashed together in a small space, you learn so much more about each other. Listening to their little snores as they sleep, while you sit by the fire drinking wine, is very different to tucking them up in their own beds

as educational. 15The Jolly Postmanby Janet and Allan Ahlberg Puffin, £12.99 (first published 1986)By Allan Ahlberg’s own admission, he and his late wife always liked to make a book very different from the one before. In The Jolly Postman, our