Don’t be bored, get board (books!)

23rd Mar 201923rd Mar 2019 ~ Miss Ruby Heart ~ Leave a comment

#ChildrensBooks Check out this blog for some great ideas for books to share with younger children. Board books are so sturdy they last a long time.

Happy Reading

Library Girl and Book Boy

I’ve been sent a treasure trove of beautiful board books recently. Some are wonderful new editions of classics and some are brand new. We all know the benefits of starting the bedtime story habit with babies – bonding time, language acquisition, fun! So whether you’re looking for a new bedtime read or buying a gift for a little one, there’s sure to be something amongst this selection to entice you…

The Gruffalo Baby range by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children’s Books)

Thisyear, Macmillanarecelebratingthe20thanniversaryofthemodernchildren’s classic, TheGruffalo. They’vecreatedanewrangewhichistheperfectintroductiontothecharactersandsoundsofTheGruffalo.

There’s a teeny buggy book, ‘Gruffalo, What Can You Hear?,’ designed to clip onto the buggy frame for little ones to enjoy on the move. Explore the sounds…

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#WorldBookDay #ShareAStory Seal Mother

7th Mar 2019 ~ Miss Ruby Heart ~ Leave a comment

World Book Day 2019

Happy Reading everyone, we hope you have been managing to get at least a few minutes of reading in today? Drop us a message in the comments below if it was something you really enjoyed and you think we should know about it.

We actually did a couple of #RubyTubeDay mini book reviews over on YouTube so we will drop the links below so you can take a peek and maybe share with your book lover friends?

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Seal Mother ~ A Selkie Tale in Verse by Rose English

One lonely seal
in the midst of the ocean
rolls on the waves
to the rhythmical motion.
The seal watches over
the child on the sand.
Her lovely young daughter
born of the land.

On Midsummer’s Eve seals swim up onto the sand, shed their skin and transform into beautiful young women to give thanks to the mysterious Moon Goddess.

Lost in dance, no one notices a shimmering sealskin being stolen; leaving one beautiful Selkie trapped on the land forever.
Can an unlikely friend help her reclaim her skin, or is she destined to remain forever in human form?

‘Seal Mother’ – a magical Selkie tale of love, loss and deceit, told in verse.

Illustrations by Hannah Ryan

Thank you for dropping by

Happy Reading

#RubyTubeDay 03 ‘The Sheep Won’t Sleep’

12th Jan 201926th May 2019 ~ Miss Ruby Heart ~ Leave a comment

Miss Ruby Heart Reviews Book 03

The Sheep Won’t Sleep

by Curtis Jobling & Tom McLaughlin

We are big fans of sheep, and if you were to visit our home you would find sheep everywhere. There are coasters and cups with sheep, tea-towels sporting sheep. We have several toy sheep and even a noughts and crosses sheepy game. So there really was no doubt that we would love this beautiful and engrossing picture book. Check out the Miss Ruby Heart review on YouTube.

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We give this book 4 Paws & a Lick

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The Sheep Won’t Sleep! by Curtis Jobling

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

We love all things sheepy so we could not help but fall in love with this wonderful story. It is all about a sleepy sheep dog who has to put one hundred naughty sheep to bed but…

The Sheep Won’t Sleep

This phrase is used throughout the book encouraging little ones to join in the reading. It is a fun, bright, colourful rhyming read.

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#RubyTubeDay 02 ‘No-Bot the Robot with No Bottom’

12th Jan 201912th Jan 2019 ~ Miss Ruby Heart ~ Leave a comment

Miss Ruby Heart Reviews Book 02

No-Bot, the Robot with No Bottom

by Sue Hendra

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We give this book 4 Paws

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No-Bot, the Robot with No Bottom by Sue Hendra

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is s bright, fun silly story about Bernard the robot who loses his bottom whilst in the park. Young readers will enjoy flicking through the pages and trying to find the bottom that is used for many different things. It is even used down on the beach.

It’s a story of friendship and how everyone comes together to try and help Bernard find his bottom.

A real laugh out loud story.

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