Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
The Ultimate Bike Book is a paperback guide book that is great for beginners or children who love to cycle. It is packed with full-colour illustrations and photos, cycling tips, tricks, facts and history, plus profiles of top cyclists to provide inspiration. It will be available to buy from 4th April 2019 onwards. It is suitable for aged seven and above.
The Sensational Houdini’s Puzzle Safe is a unique puzzle book that was inspired by the greatest escapologist to have ever lived. We always love solving puzzles in this household and have numerous puzzle books on our shelves. Some books are just simple and straightforward calculations but some are witty. This book is totally different from the rest. You have to solve one puzzle before you are able to move to the next. It is a puzzle chain, a never-ending circle of puzzles, and logic problems designed to confound the minds of the unworthy. If you think you are good at solving puzzles, then give this book a go. It will be available to buy from 4th April 2019 onwards.
100 Birds to See In Your Lifetime is a part aspirational encyclopedia and part identification guide, that provides detailed summary information and range maps, along with beautifully written profiles featuring unusual facts, anecdotes and its significance. This book title by David Chandler and Dominic Couzens published in 2008 has been revamped with a brand new cover and will be available to buy from 4th April 2019 onwards.
The Gangsta Granny Stash the Swag board game is a fun and engaging game starring the characters from David Walliams’ award-winning book, Gangsta Granny. This game encourages strategic thinking and is suitable for children aged seven and above. It is for two to four players.
To end this fantastic month, I have not just one but three Fuzzikins Dozy Dogs craft sets to give away! These multi-award winning Fuzzikins sets are ideal for creative kids. The craft sets offer hours of fun customising the adorable fuzzy animals and their world!
Capturing the Universe is written by Dr Rhodri Evans and will be available to buy from 7th February 2019 onwards. This book is a fantastic collection of the most spectacular images of galaxies, star clouds and the wonders of our solar system. There are over 200 breathtaking photographs taken by new generation orbiting telescopes, earthbound observatories and probes, including images from NASA and the European Southern Observatory. These pictures are not only mesmerising but also provide a huge amount of information about the geology and atmospheres of celestial bodies, and the formation of distant galaxies.
Time has passed so quickly and now we are welcoming 2019! This will be a very challenging year ahead as we are buying a new house soon and Mr K will be going to ‘big’ school in September. The year before, we made a big decision to sell our ‘forever home’ to move closer to Mr K’s big school as we wanted the best school for him. It was not an easy decision as it involved tying ourselves to a bigger/longer mortgage and moving away from our nearby friends.
This Christmas, I would like to introduce you to this ultimate gift for car enthusiasts and budding petrol heads! You get to build cool working engines featuring real engine roars with the authentic Haynes Build Your Own Engine sets. The models are the ultimate gifts for dads and petrol heads – ideal for the man who has it all.
Now let’s skip the squabbling, grab a bucket of popcorn and get ready for the ultimate Halloween which will have the seal of approval from the whole family.
As my children are getting older, they are less and less keen to go Trick or Treating and getting dressed up for the occasion, so staying indoors watching a good film has become a norm. We are very much loving spending time at home to stay warm and cosy too, especially over the weekend! Of course, not forgetting to have plenty of snacks and a takeaway for an extra treat!
With these great titles, this half term and Halloween are sorted! We also like to bake yummy cookies and decorate it with Halloween theme colours! Baking is one of Ms C’s favourite pastimes and it is a great way of spending time together!
This Sunday 7th October 2018 marks one of the most important days in our lives, for National Grandparents Day. We are celebrating this day with a selection of John Adams’ heritage games such as Rummikub, Triominos and Othello. These classic games are what our parents had played with us when we were younger.
Korean cuisine is becoming quite popular in the West, especially with the influence of K-pop music and melodrama. With the rising popularity of Korean influence, there are a lot of people getting to know Korean cuisine. And I am one of them who is fascinated by their spicy dishes! It is also going to be my next travel destination!
For the start of the new school year, we are giving one of our followers the chance to win this awesome Drumond Park Rapidough! Rapidough is the original game of modelling charades that has recently been thoroughly refreshed to provide many hours of fun with family and friends! This is suitable for ages 8 onwards and for 4 or more players. The more the merrier. This is great to play during an adult party too!
The most anticipated animated family movie of the year, Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, is teaming up with Pulsin Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars this summer to give one of my followers the chance to win this amazing Monster Beach bundle.
We are thrilled to be giving away a haul of delicious Pulsin Kids’ Fruity Oat Bars (3 multipack boxes of delicious Strawberry, Orange Choc Chip and Blackcurrant & Apple flavours) and official Hotel Transylvania 3 merchandise including a 3D bat drawstring bag perfect for your swimming costumes and towels, a spook-tacular beach ball and stylish sailor hat – aye aye Captain!
Everyone’s favourite family of superheroes are back with Incredibles 2! Yesterday, we sat and watched The Incredibles in preparation for the new Incredibles 2 Disney Pixar movie launch on 13th July 2018. Our Posh Paws International Jack-Jack plush soft toy joined us too!
This June, The WildLife Trusts challenges everyone to do something wild every day for a month. Nick Baker’s My Living World Nature Study kits is a great way to investigate nature’s creatures up close.
Nick Baker is the vice president for The Wildlife Trusts and he has worked closely with Interplay to create the My Living World sets. They have also teamed up with Surrey Wildlife Trust for the 30 days wild campaign. Why not check out the Nick Baker My Living World range to get closer with nature! They have a selection of kits, such as Ant World, Worm World and Bug Safari. If you don’t like creepy crawlies, then why not try out their pocket microscope to study leaves and natures’ microscopic structures instead! They are available to buy in good retailers and online.
