Hello my Little Readers. Today we will be reading 'I Have A Super Power' - a book to encourage and empower both children and adults to learn and explore their emotions, thoughts and feelings, particularly focusing on anxiety. This book can enable better understating about anxiety, open up communication and encourage connection. Author, Ted Kelly wants children to know that even uncomfortable emotions like anxiety are ok to feel, and with this book you can find new ways to manage and overcome such challenging emotions. So what are you waiting for... It’s time to get to know the super hero in you! Published by Magic Mouse Books an imprint of Partnership Publishing.

Snuggle up and get ready to jump into “DOGFISH Just be YOU!” written by Rita Reed, illustrated by Craig Cartwright, from the engaging children’s picture book series Dogfish Tales.

Will Dogfish save the day? Dogfish sets out on an exciting Arctic adventure to see the glistening northern lights. Along the way he meets many talented friends and a baby polar bear who is in BIG trouble! Join Dogfish on his journey of self-esteem, confidence, and self-acceptance, as he travels the icy waters of the North. Following the crowd isn’t always the best thing to do. Everyone has their own special gifts and talents, so just be YOU!

Rita Reed is the Amazon Bestseller and award-winning author of DOGFISH Saves the Ocean, DOGFISH Stands Up to Bullying, and DOGFISH Just be YOU! The Dogfish Tales series spreads positivity, inclusiveness, love, and acceptance of all.

Thank you for listening my little readers,

Hannah & Patrick (woof!) x

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR LITTLE (& BIG) READERS!

The Big Christmas Bake, written by Fiona Barker and illustrated by Pippa Curnick, is a beautiful, lyrical, and humorous Christmas story for the whole family to enjoy. Join us for a funny, lively romp through the twelve days of Christmas, taking the elements of the popular carol, and weaving them cleverly into the ingredients for a Twelfth Night Cake. Starting with the partridge and its gift of dried fruit, this rhyming story includes all of the familiar characters from the song as they all contribute to the baking of the magnificent Twelfth Night cake. A trio of french hens bring baking powder Six geese bring eggs, and lots of feathers too Ten lords help carry the cake into the oven ready to bake At the end of the story, there is a recipe included to bake your own cake at home, giving this book the potential to be a favourite Christmas story as well as a resource to be used every year in introducing a twelfth-night cake tradition to a family.

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Happy Holidays,

Hannah & Patrick x