Archive for January 2012
Today, we are excited to share with you delicious dessert recipe from Fiona Ross, Events Marketing Manager at our Oxford Studio. If you’re looking for a last-minute treat for your dinner table, keep this in mind to help keep you warm during these cold winter months!
Those of you who attended the Ambassador Conference in Concord last summer will remember that our wonderful illustrator, Miriam Latimer, was a few months pregnant with her first baby. I am DELIGHTED to announce that Miriam is now the proud Mum of Leon Arthur, who was safely delivered to her in north Devon on Sunday 24 January. In case you are wondering, there IS a wisp of blonde hair beneath his little cap. Mum, Dad and baby are all doing well.
Thank you to everyone who left a comment and entered the contest, we loved hearing from you! Congratulations to Amy Morton Brain, our winner. This contest is now closed, please stay tuned for more!
This week’s podcast is a Scottish folktale from The Barefoot Book of Pirates. In “The Abbey Bells,” monks worship in a secluded abbey and guard its precious bells. When the monks discover that pirates are nearby, they flee the abbey, leaving Brother John all alone to defend the treasured bells. Be sure to tune in to see if the pirates succeed in plundering the abbey, and read on for a chance to win!
With millions of babies born each winter, we thought now was a perfect time to introduce you to our friends at Isis Parenting, the pros for expecting and new parents. We’re delighted to have Marena Burnett* from Isis here to share her tips for parents to beat the baby blues this winter and get out of the house, baby in tow.
Today is the first day of the Year of the Dragon, and we are very excited to share with you a Q & A with Dawn Casey, author of The Great Race. Read on to learn about the legend behind the Chinese zodiac, which animals Dawn would pick if she had been the one to create the calendar and more!
Thank you to everyone who left a comment and entered the contest, we loved hearing from you! Congratulations to Jodi Castallo, our winner. This contest is now closed, please stay tuned for more!
This week’s podcast is an Armenian folktale from The Fabrics of Fairytale. In “Clever Anaeet,” Prince Vachagan learns to weave when his beloved Anaeet insists all men should have a trade. When citizens of his kingdom mysteriously begin to disappear, Vachagan leaves the palace to investigate and discovers how wise his wife truly is. Be sure to tune in to see how Vachagan’s weaving skills help solve the mystery of the missing citizens, and read on for a chance to win!
If you’re anything like me, you’re starting to feel the winter months settling in. The cold is here and the kids are getting restless. You’re getting a bit tired of baking cookies, building forts and sweeping up remnants of the thousandth paper snowflake that your scissors and paper-loving child cut this week. So today, we’re pleased to bring you some help from two lovely ladies: Kerry Aradhya, author of the fabulous blog Picture Books & Pirouettes and Maria Hanley, a dance educator in New York City. We hope you enjoy their tips on making storytimes full of music, movement and laughter!
How do you define the difference between babyhood and toddlerhood? For me, it has something to do with will–by the time my children were about eighteen months old, they knew what they wanted and when they wanted it. For all of them, this included wanting LOTS of stories. Here are some tips for sharing picture books with toddlers.
Thank you to everyone who left a comment and entered the contest, we loved hearing from you! Congratulations to Adele J Knight, our winner. This contest is now closed, please stay tuned for more!
This week’s podcast is from The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories and is based on the ballet “Cinderella.” In “Cinderella,” a young woman is forced to live as a servant in her own home by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. However, when Cinderella offers food and kindness to an old beggar woman, she is given a rare chance to change her life forever. Tune in to our podcast to enjoy Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s version of one of the most famous fairytales of all time, and read on for a chance to win!
