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10 Books under $10 each at Dymocks Online

10 Books under $10 each at Dymocks Online

Books are very much part of our daily rountine – there’s nothing we love more than to sit down with the kids, and read a book together. Whether it’s practicing our alphabet and word recognition with our 4 year old, or focusing on the illustrations with our 2 year old – books are a valuable...
Chugginton Summer Special magazine!

Chugginton Summer Special magazine!

Did you know there was a Chuggington magazine? I didn’t! Having a 4 year old boy in the house, everything is trucks & trains and Chuggington is always a huge hit with him If you don’t know much about Chuggington, it’s a train-based animated TV show aimed at preschoolers. I find the trains – Wilson,...
Just For Mum - Personalised Notebooks & Diaries by May Books

Just For Mum – Personalised Notebooks & Diaries by May Books

Whether newly pregnant, or a mum with a busy schedule ahead of her – finding the perfect notebook & diary can be a lifesaver. During both my pregnancies, I blogged all the time and took photos to mark each month that went by. But offline, I also had a diary that lived in my handbag...
Beautiful iPad App Books for Kids

Beautiful iPad App Books for Kids

Everything old is new again! There are so many great books for kids to choose from these days, but nothing warms my heart more than sharing a book from my own childhood with my own children today. My fondest memories are of a stack of Golden Books in our makeshift library at home, so lovingly...
5 Books under $10 at Dymocks Online

5 Books under $10 at Dymocks Online

Having and reading books at home is a wonderful way to spend time with your children right from when their first born, and through their schooling years. Starting early is a great idea and with Dymock’s online store, you can find alot of great books for under $10. They include some classics and some new...
Soft Books for Babies & Kids

Soft Books for Babies & Kids

My daughter, Jovie, is mad about books! She could flip through her entire library of books all day and never get sick of them. Unfortunately, most of the pages & spines are torn or dog-eared – some worse than others. Soft books for kids are a great alternative – not only are they suitable from...

Children’s books by Nick Sharratt

My love for buying books for my children continues to grow – and there’s one particular set of books that I seem to be collecting! Pictured above, they are books by (or illustrated by) Nick Sharratt – a British author & illustrator who has illustrated around 200 books. What I love about books is the...

Australian-designed board book for newborns

Again with the books, Tracey? Yes! 2011 seems to be my year to go even more banana’s with books for my 2 kids. I really love the quiet time reading a book with your child brings, so it’s something that I would recommend and encourage any parent or relative to do with a little one...

Children’s Bookends at Little Styles

My personal obsession with buying my kid’s new books, has inevitably begun my obsession in keeping the books neat and tidy! (Do you have the same problem, books everywhere?). We recently invested in a small bookshelf for the growing library of books – so stumbling across these bookends at Little Styles is an oasis. Pictured...