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Winner Best Interiors Collection 2012 - PaperBoy Wallpaper
On 20/05/2012 in Interiors & Lifestyle Awards
With their distinctive and stylish designs, PaperBoy triumphed in our Best Interiors Collection category
Wow. That’s the kind of reaction PaperBoy wallpapers tend to provoke. Fierce red fire-breathing dragons, detailed diagrams that reveal the imaginary inner workings of animals, X-ray-style prints of animal skeletons... Such are some of the arresting
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May/June Half-term events for Wales
On 18/05/2011 in Days Out
Our pick of fun family activities for the half-term holidays
.Catapult Challenge June 4 Watch the might Trebuchet siege engine in action at Cardiff Castle and take part in a catapult challenge.Wales Biodiversity WeekJune 6–8 Discover the animals that leave within St Fagans National History Museum and its grounds.Find out what
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Picture books about pets
On 11/04/2012 in Books
Five brilliant books about fluffy family friends
I Want A Pet by Lauren Child (Frances Lincoln, £5.99)Lauren Child's tale of an animal loving little girl and her not-so-keen family has typically witty rhetoric and inventive, sketchy illustrations. Children who find their demands for a menagerie
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Winner of the Best Educational App 2012: Count The Animals by Appracadabra
On 20/05/2012 in Toy Awards
Learning to count with a kooky crew of interactive characters is our number one aim!
not learn to count in Japanese, Chinese, or Swedish? Count The Animals £2.49 by AppracadabraFind out... who all of the lucky winners are in our Toys & Games categories
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Spring games to play
On 23/02/2011 in Toys & Games
Welcome in a fabulously fun season with a host of outdoor activities
). When you say “go” each player belts out his animal’s sound and runs to find other players making the same noise. The first group to herd itself together and sit down together wins.Spring scavenger huntWrite a list of nature’s clues to spring’s arrival
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Shortlisted Best Children's Story App: iPaddington
On 20/05/2012 in Toy Awards
The marmalade-loving bear from darkest Peru is moving with the times with this interactive app
Paddington and popped in a decorative frame for posterity.The classic RW Alley illustrations are animated to bring the story to vivide life, along with a variety of background animation and sound to bring the classic tale into a fully interactive retelling
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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 81-90
On 20/10/2011 in Books
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
to find as many juicy little children to eat as he can, but the wild animals he boasts to have other ideas, until elephant finally gets rid of him for good.Take a sketching class with Quentin BlakeBuy The Enormous Crocodile
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How your child can have an outdoor detective adventure
On 12/12/2012 in Green Living
Five ways your child can investigate his natural surroundings
1. Collect nuts, berries and pinecones to look for signs of feeding. Follow any trails of food and try to identify which animals have been nibbling on them.2. Find a quiet spot in your local woodland to sit and listen to the sounds of the local
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Giraffes Can't Dance
On 14/06/2011 in Children's Book Awards
Giraffes Can't Dance, or can they? Read why this book was highly commended in our Best Classic Book category
can’t dance? Well, everyone at first, but for Gerald, it’s simply a case of finding the right music and his own individual style. Penned by well-versed poet, Giles Andreae, Giraffes Can’t Dance is a joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance
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Highly Commended Best Furniture Collection 2012 - P'kolino Safari Collection
On 20/05/2012 in Interiors & Lifestyle Awards
Furniture for children that's not just functional but fantastic-looking too
The new Safari Collection from US company P’kolino features a range of playful pieces, including giraffe, zebra, ostrich and duck chairs that slide under a tree-shaped table; animal hooks and an elephant easel with roll-down paper that can
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