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Book Review: Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

2016 has been a fairly good year of reading for me so far.  Up until the end of this week I have managed to read thirteen books.  Considering I managed a rather feeble twenty books for the year in 2015, this is almost a blistering start.  I could not give a good reason for the… Continue reading

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Stripes! No Spots book review

Stripes! No Spots A quirky and simply adorable story that follows a tiger and a leopard who disagree about whether stripes or spots are the tops. Their disagreement soon becomes a battle, and by lunch time the whole jungle is a … Continue reading

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Bluebells Cakery Sweet and Savoury book review

Bluebells Cakery Sweet and Savoury This is Karla Goodwin’s second book. Her first book Bluebells Cakery Volume 1 focused on cakes, sweets and savouries. Her new book Bluebells Cakery – Sweet & Savoury is packed with recipes that are perfect as snacks, finger foods and … Continue reading

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Write Size writing pencils for children

Write Size writing pencils for children Write Size writing pencils for children really are excellent for little hands grappling with writing and drawing. Don’t just take our word for it, read our latest product reviews. Reviewed by Stacey at Crafty Organised Me … Continue reading

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The Pasta Book by Jamie Oliver

The Pasta Book by Jamie Oliver “These days when I’m looking for a new recipe I usually head to Google or Pinterest.  It’s often a quick search to find something to do with the ingredients I have left over in … Continue reading

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Beautiful Book Island Books

Book Island Books Book Island is a New Zealand-based publishing house with a dream of enriching children’s and adults’ lives in the English- and Dutch-language market. Book Island does this by bringing unique stories from Europe to our shores, then using … Continue reading

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Help! The Wolf is Coming

Help! The Wolf is Coming Help! The Wolf is Coming: Oh no! The wolf is coming! He’s a little scary, maybe he wants to eat us! But here’s an idea if we hold the book on a slant, maybe the … Continue reading

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Ducks to Water

Ducks to Water  Ducks to Water, reviewed by Lydia from Always Made with Love “Recently some special mail arrived from the lovely Kiwi Mummy Blogs team. A fabulous new childrens book –  ‘Ducks to Water’ by New Zealand author Brett Avison…  … Continue reading

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Peppa Goes on Holiday

Peppa Goes on Holiday Peppa Goes on Holiday, reviewed by Lydia from Always Made with Love “Hands up how many parents out there know the Peppa Pig theme song? Yip, that’s me (I’m waving madly). Sebastian has recently joined the … Continue reading

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Doodle with Peppa

This could be the holiday activity that you have been looking for to entertain your little ones: Doodle with Peppa, by Ladybird, recommended for ages 3-6 years. Maria Foy at Happy Mumma Happy Child Click here to check out Maria’s thoughts on these Doodle with Peppa

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Joy Cowley’s Buzzy Bee books

New Zealand author Joy Cowley has done it again with a couple of gorgeous Buzzy Bee and Friends board books (the perfect kind for little fingers). Lydia reviews Joy Cowley’s Buzzy Bee books for us. Lydia at Always Made with Love Click here … Continue reading

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Book review: The Birthday Monster

By Lydia at Always Made with Love Birthday boy Peter is enjoying roaring, snarling, snatching and stomping his way through the day when he discovers he has turned into the Birthday Monster! He has big googly eyes, a prickly tail and a … Continue reading

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Book review: Five Days Left

Book review: Five Days Left By Lydia at Always Made with Love Curled up on the couch with a good book is one of my favourite places to be. That said, I can’t remember the last time I actually got to sit … Continue reading

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My New Zealand Board Books Te Papa Press

Michelle at Munch Cooking Reviews: My New Zealand Board Books by Te Papa Press “Over at Kiwi Mummy Blogs we were recently contacted by Te Papa Press to see if we would be interested in reviewing a set of My New Zealand … Continue reading

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Jo Seagar Bakes review

Michelle at Munch Cooking Reviews: Jo Seagar Bakes In this post I share a recipe from the glorious new baking book by Jo Seagar, simply titled Jo Seagar Bakes. I thought a good recipe to share from it would be her … Continue reading

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