FREE Holocaust Memorial Day Resources listed below. As we all stay indoors fearing for our lives at the hands of Covid-19, we unwittingly experience just a very little of the mental anguish that the Jewish population in Europe endured in the decade from the mid-1930s to the end of the Second World War. As the Nazi Party sought to ‘purify’ the population of Germany and beyond, they inflicted untold misery, cruelty and death on ethnic and religious groups that they deemed infer

2021: over 100 years since Richard Scarry was born and over 50 years since he started writing and illustrating books for children, Faber Books are republishing four of his very best. Children and adults alike will find so much to enjoy in these books – we certainly did! Richard Scarry began his published career in 1949 and went on to create over 250 books which together sold over 150 million copies around the globe! But by far his most famous books are those featuring the cha

The Ancient World – the history, its heroes, gods and goddesses, myths and legends - continues to capture our imagination. This blog looks at a selection of the great books recently published about the Classical World: the Romans and the Greeks. It includes fiction and non-fiction, books in a series as well as individual publications. This is an exciting history, the rise and fall of great empires. Paul Mason’s The Greeks are Coming, illustrated by Martin Bustamante in the F

2021. A new year, a time for new beginnings? Traditionally people make ‘New Year Resolutions’. A new start and new plans. Often many of these slip; maybe we dream too big or set ourselves too big a challenge? So I would like to suggest we consider a reading resolution. Ideal for the younger members of the family who may not yet have the confidence to read independently, this could be a resolution that involves and engages the whole family too. Why bedtime though? Well, as we