Books fit for a King or Queen
Today's theme comes to you courtesy of a challenge set my by friend Amanda, who runs the online bookstore Books & Pieces. With Royal baby and Royal wedding fever sweeping the country, Amanda challenged me to put together a book
Review: Thomas & Friends Playset [AD]
Anyone else here have kids who are obsessed with 'Thomas the Train' (or 'Thomas the Tank Engine, to give him his proper name). Personally, I always found the faces a bit creepy, but my youngest loves him. So when we
More Favourite Bedtime Stories
It's been a while since we shared some of our favourite bedtime books with you, and since there are many more where those came from I thought I'd do another bedtime books round-up. A lot of our bedtime stories feature
Update: Learning French with One Third Stories [AD]
A couple months ago, I shared with you a review of One Third Stories, a language subscription box that introduces children to French or Spanish in a fun and playful way, using the Clockwork Methodology™. For a quick recap, the unique approach
5 Great Picture Books About Hats
I love putting together book round-ups on random themes, so I had a lot of fun pulling together these recommendations for our favourite picture books featuring hats! And there's another YouTube video this week too, where you can get a
Easy Salmon Kedgeree
I love eating fish and seafood. My husband and kids on the other hand aren't too keen, unless it's tinned tuna, though they do love salmon! So I thought I would try a salmon variation of kedgeree, which is a
New YouTube Video: Fave Books About Dogs
There's a new video up on YouTube! This week's episode is an extended video version of the recent book round-up of our favourite dog themed picture books: Woof Woof | Picture Book Round-up
Vanilla Pear Porridge
We love a good bowl of porridge for breakfast in our house. My boys are really in to pears at the moment, so I made them some porridge topped with warm pears sweetened entirely with vanilla, no extra sugar added. I have this
Review: Money Match Cafe [AD]
The Easter holidays have been an excellent opportunity for playing lots of board games. As part of the Orchard Toys blogger team, we periodically get sent free board games to test, in exchange for an honest review, so today I
Bookbug Explorer Bag Reveal
In Scotland, there is a great initiative by the Scottish Book Trust called 'Bookbug'. As well as running free song and rhyme sessions across the country - I used to take Oskar to these at our local library when he was a
New YouTube Video: Books to Welcome Spring!
The blog is taking a little break over the Easter vacation, so there is no new book post out this week, but I have recorded a few more videos for you of previous book round-ups. This week's episode, is a video review
More Foxy Books For Foxy Kids
As you can maybe imagine, we have a bit of a soft spot for foxes here on The Bear & The Fox. So we were delighted when Thames & Hudson sent us one of their latest picture book releases for