Archive for March, 2009

At Home With Collection - 8 Books

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

These workbooks from Oxford University Press contain progressive activities for your child to do at home. Each activity is carefully levelled for five to seven year olds - the pages are clear, in full-colour, and fun! A great way to boost your child’s confidence at school, working their own way through the step-by-step activities - at their own pace - will support the work they’re doing and provide plenty of invaluable practise, and no child will resist giving themselves a gold star at the end of each task!

Usborne Activities - 50 Fairy Things to Make & Do - Rebecca Gilpin

Friday, March 20th, 2009


Perfect for days where the weather keeps us indoors, each spread in this brilliant first craft book features a separate activity with clear step-by-step instructions for pleasing results every time. Children will soon be busy making their own fairy wings, sparkly tiaras, paper lanterns and pictures as well as a host of other twinkly and magical fairy activities.

Clarissa’s Comfort Food

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

As we increasingly reject ready meals and the chemicals that go into them, one of the country’s most knowledgeable gourmets, Clarissa Dickson Wright, gives us advice on how to cook simple, delicious and nourishing food at home, the type of food that can restore body and mind. Reviving and simplifying old classics, this book provides a feast of delicious food to be enjoyed at any occasion.

Make Your Own Maps

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009


Ideal for curriculum linked projects as well as for recording holiday diaries or planning trips, this brilliant book features a CD containing over 150 maps featuring land and oceans, geographical features, country borders, place names and more. The maps are multi-layered and ready to customise and the book will show you some really clever mapping tricks and tips.

Oxford English Dictionary For Schools

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

This authoritative dictionary from the experts at Oxford, covers all secondary curriculum words and includes example sentences taken from the best children’s books, to help readers see the words in action. Easy to use and designed to ensure it is age appropriate, the entries even offer alternatives for overused words. Great for the classroom, satchel or bedroom, this is a dictionary children can count on throughout their secondary education.

Supersize vs Superskinny - Dr Christian Jessen

Monday, March 16th, 2009


The world has gone diet mad, yet this obsession does not seem to be making us any thinner, or any healthier. Something clearly needs to be done. Here, Dr Christian Jessen uses science, medicine and most importantly common sense to help us take control of our weight and have a happy, healthy attitude towards food.

Dr Apple’s Symptoms Encyclopedia

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

It’s all too easy to look in a medical book and, before you know it you think you’re suffering from a rare illness. This essential encyclopedia sorts the diagnoses into three headings: probable, possible and rare, with all symptoms listed to help you rule out each possibility. Easy to use and jargon-free, this is essential reference for anyone who has ever worried about their helath, or someone else’s.

The Allotment Handbook - Caroline Foley

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

The Allotment Handbook is full of practical information and tips on every aspect of growing produce on an allotment. Beginning with the basics, the book provides a useful month-by-month section as well as at-a-glance information on key tasks to help keep your allotment productive all year round. With reliable, practical information this is a must for every existing or aspiring allotment owner.

James Martin - Driven

Friday, March 13th, 2009

There’s more to chef James Martin than three-egg omelettes! For the first time, James talks frankly about life, love and learning to foxtrot for live TV. Highly ambitious and relentlessly motivated, it hasn’t all been a smooth ride and here James tells his remarkable story, looking back to his working class childhood in Yorkshire, relating the highs and lows of a career in the kitchen and revealing some of the astonishing events that have come with fame and fortune.

Women’s Health For Life

Thursday, March 12th, 2009


Written by women for women, this accurate and helpful health guide is packed with essential information on maintaining optimum health. With its comprehensive symptoms guide to help you identify the causes of pain and other problems quickly, you can also use the book to discover how some conditions affect women differently to men and how they need different treatments.