help a sweet little rabbit to go to sleep by tickling his ears

help a sweet little rabbit to go to sleep by tickling his ears

Lovely fun for toddlers to about 4 years.
Do you have funny little bedtime routines at your house? One of my children always needed a cold tummy-button, summer or winter. We eventually settled on a little ice pack to cuddle up to in bed! For other children, it was endless stories or just the right pyjamas – you know the drill I’m sure.  

The little rabbit in this story has a routine too.

He loves to have his ears tickled, and his pillow fluffed, and his back stroked - and a goodnight kiss, of course.

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love can be a little bit blind where pets are concerned

love can be a little bit blind where pets are concerned

ages baby to 8 years
Hank is a good dog – and Hank knows it. Still, it might be hard for an onlooker to tell. Our dog Scott is a good dog too - and he knows it too. But sometimes it’s even hard for me to tell! Hank reminded me of Scott....

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celebrating imagination and the power of questions

celebrating imagination and the power of questions

Here is a little fellow whose ‘head is filled with wonder.’ He’s great at noticing the wonders in his world, things like birds flying, clouds, and stars. He’s great at asking question too, like ‘what the best playground in the world might be like.’ He’s a boy who is not perishing for want of wonder. But he is constantly told to move on
ages 3 to 9 years

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the delights of an ordinary life

the delights of an ordinary life

It’s entirely possible that somewhere a little one is reading their Grandparent’s childhood copy of Dogger. First published in 1977, the story is almost 40 years old – and it’s still fresh and lively and entirely relatable. The story is well known and well loved and so hardly needs recounting here. Just in case, though …
ages 2 to 8 years

Dogger is a soft toy dog who is very special to his owner Dave – he’s

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