- Jun 20, 2020
- 3 min
Oh, I do like to be ...
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside and other popular refrains will become all too commonly heard soon as children and their families...
- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
Thunder of Freedom - Part I
Happy International Women's Day for Sunday! Over recent years, no one can have failed to notice the celebration of the centenary of the...
- Feb 28, 2020
- 4 min
No time to be 'board'...
There's no time to be bored with these wonderful board books! How could you be when there are so many to enjoy – to hold, touch, explore...
- Nov 29, 2019
- 4 min
Ancient Egypt
History may be the study of events that have happened in the past, but it never stops being a source of fascination in the present - nor...
- Sep 20, 2019
- 4 min
Remembering a Summer of Holiday Reading
Sometimes the sheer joy of editing Armadillo comes from the variety and distinctiveness of the books that arrive in the post. My current...
- Oct 31, 2018
- 6 min
Spooks and Ghouls, Freaks and Fools ...
Halloween need not be a time for fear of fear but a time for fun in the fear. Why? How? Because there is great opportunity to be safely...
- Oct 7, 2018
- 6 min
A world of musuems ...
Louise works in a museum, in a museum library full of books to be precise so does that make her biased towards the topic of books about...
- Jul 17, 2018
- 4 min
Books for a long summer ...
Parcels come thick and fast into our porch at Armadillo HQ – they come in all shapes and sizes. Some contain one book and its AI...
- Apr 15, 2018
- 4 min
The outdoor life
Spring is finally making a proper entrance, the days are longer and very slightly warmer, what better opportunity than this to get out...
- Mar 11, 2018
- 3 min
Celebrating Mother's Day
I have just a small selection for you to choose from but they are all simply a delight to read (and share). To begin, once from long-time...
