Muji alphabet and funny face books

Poking around Muji the other day, I came across two fun-looking activity books. It’s a shame the pictures on the Muji website aren’t a) bigger and b) more exciting, because these did look like potentially excellent gifts. They’re also just the kind of thing I like to snap up so we have activities ready for [...]

Have You Ever Seen a Smack of Jellyfish? An Alphabet Book

I’ve been a fan of Sarah Asper-Smith’s work since I featured her gorgeous greeting cards back in 2009. So I was really excited to discover she had produced a book, Have You Ever Seen a Smack of Jellyfish? featuring her fabulously quirky illustrations. Not only beautiful on the bookshelf, but a great educational tool as [...]

There’s Going to be a Baby

Here’s one for our very own Kat, or indeed any of you second or third time mamas-to-be out there, who have to explain a new arrival to a small person. Published by Walker Books, There’s Going to be a Baby is a gentle introduction to the idea of a sibling and brings together two big [...]

New Meg & Mog book

As a child I was entranced by the adventures of witch Meg, her cat Mog and (my favourite, naturally) their friend Owl. So I was really keen to introduce the characters to Alfie and delighted to discover that author Helen Nicoll had concocted a brand new tale, Meg Goes to Bed, complete with the colourful [...]

Alfie’s first birthday presents: books

As a self-confessed word nerd and bookworm, I’m delighted that Alfie seems to love books (even if sometimes it is just to chew on them). We look at about four or five a day together and current favourites are Rod Campbell’s lift-the-flap lovely Dear Zoo, Peggy Rathman’s retro Good Night Gorilla and the pop-up delight that [...]

Animal Collage/Scrap Book by Izumi Idoia Zubia

Ah if only the bambino were only old enough to fully appreciate collage, I’d be all over these books by French illustrator and music writer, Izumi Idoia Zubia like a rash! This cleverly designed ring bound scrapbook has four patterned papers with a mix of dinosaur and nature inspired shapes that can be cut from [...]

Zoo-ology

I’ve been meaning to feature Zoo-ology by French illustrator Joelle Jolivet for quite a while after being tipped off by Kat a few months back. If you’re up on your beautifully illustrated books, you may recognise Joelle’s name from BG favourite, 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental which she illustrated. Zoo-ology is a visual delight on [...]

Subscribe & Win: £310 worth of prizes with Maggie & Rose!

Our lead prize in our ‘subscribe and win’ December giveaways, is quite frankly, utterly fabulous! Maggie & Rose, the Kensington based private members club for children and parents (think Soho House with highchairs and mini people) are celebrating the launch of their new book of the same name, which is the first children’s book with [...]

600 Black Spots by David A. Carter

BabyGeek writes…. My mother recently gave this book to BabyGeek. It is possibly the most innovative pop-up book I have ever seen. Described as a pop-up book for children of all ages, each page yields ever more intricate surprises. BabyGeek was absolutely fascinated and, as the strap line suggests, so was everyone else. Whether you’re [...]

365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental

BabyGeek writes…. I have seen this book raved about on a few other blogs so I ordered it to see what everyone was talking about. I was a little surprised when the Amazon box turned up – the book is about 40cm high! This is the tale of how 365 penguins come to live in [...]