Teaching your child to read – book bands, reading schemes and early readers.

The world of reading schemes, book bands, early readers and early chapter books can be a bit of a minefield and seems to have its own language. It can be particularly tricky if your child hasn't started school yet and you are working it all out on your own. I thought it might be useful...

Pink Lining Bedtime Stories Competition with Ladybird Books

In partnership with Ladybird, Pink Lining has launched its first ever Bedtime Stories competition to win one of their Pink Lining Picture Satchels and a Ladybird book to carry in it. They would like to know your favourite bedtime story to read to your child. All you have to do to enter is go to...

This Little Potty by Ladybird Touch and Feel

Now I like a poo story as much as the next lady, but there are some fairly hideous potty training books out there; heavily gendered and lazily produced. Ladybird, however, have come up trumps with this one. This Little Potty is from their excellent touch and feel series which provides little fingers with all sorts...