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Get ten percent off your purchase with code NOURISHEDBYBOOKS ‘Why don’t you take a book into the bath and read for a while? ‘ I asked my twelve year old when he complained he was bored. Next came the response I’ve always been dreading, ‘Reading is boring!’ I know he defiantly didn’t mean this as reading in the bath has always been his favourite past time. I wondered if it was a case of reading…

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Books for Winter Reading

❄️I do love Christmas and I get seed by the magic of a snowy landscape and the unique quietness it brings. However I do suffer with SAD and I find the end of December (no matter how much I love Christmas) and January, pretty hard going. By the end of February I’m usually on my way up and you find me spring cleaning the garden and planning out our planting for the year and taking the children of…

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Books About Birds

I’m sharing some brilliant books about birds in time for the Big School’s Birdwatch 2023z https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/nourishedbybooks/ in the books about birds section. Unfortunately we are not actively feeding the garden birds at the moment as we are having a real battle with bird flu in the North East of Scotland and we are being extra precautious due to the large number of seagulls we…

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Books to look forward to in 2023 Part 1

Books to look forward to in 2023 Part 1

Part 1 of books we are looking forward to in 2023 😍. I love browsing through upcoming books at this time of year! It’s one of my feel good activities to counter balance the sadness I often feel when packing away the Christmas decorations. There are really wonderful books coming soon from some of our favourite authors and publishers. Happy…

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True Story Shelfie

This post contains affiliate links which, if you purchase products through these links I shall receive a small commission. Today we are sharing some books based on true stories. I can’t think of many better ways to teach hi’story’ than through a delightful picture book. 🐈A Cat Called Waverley – a wonderfully emotional tale inspired by homeless veteran, Darren Greenfield. This immensely moving…

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Grow published by Magic Cat

🌱Grow! By Riz Reyes and Sara Boccaccini Meadows Published by Magic cat. 🌱Wow oh Wow! This books is an absolute sensual delight from the moment you find it in your hands. Magic Cat Publications produce such sumptuously tactile covers and you find yourself delighting in a fully immersive book experience before you’ve even opened the front cover. 🌱This book is just as beautiful inside as it is…

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So many selfies

I thought I’d post a few different Shelfie themes with their Instagram Blurb. It’ll be nice to have them in one place! True Stories True Stories Today we are sharing some books based on true stories. I can’t think of many better ways to teach hi’story’ than through a delightful picture book. 🐈A Cat Called Waverley – a wonderfully emotional tale inspired by homeless veteran, Darren Greenfield.…

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A boy who reads ….

What an Eleven year old boy reads! There were so many options this week for Shelfie Sunday but to be honest I’ve been quite preoccupied with the news and everything seems a little futile at the moment. Then my eleven year old son started asking me about Ukraine and is utterly convinced it’s going to become WW3. But he’s not scared, and I realised this gentle giant of a son I have is brave in a…

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Wild World Handbook Creatures by Andrea Debbink, illustrated by Asia Orlando

🗺 Another Wondeful Wild World book, this time taking us on a fantastic discovery tour of creatures! 🗺 The way this book is organised is so pleasing and logical. Each chapter is dedicated to a particular class of creatures, such as ocean creatures, insects and birds. Each chapter then contains biographies, natural wonders, field trip ideas, ways people are helping animals, an animal and then then…

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World Whale Day

🐳Happy World Way Day! 🐋 🐋Whales are in our families top three animals, both adults have been lucky enough to see them but the children are still yet to sight one. 🐋Nancy is very passionate about the plight of our ocean and the plastic problem Planet Earth is facing and asked to feature in this weeks Shelfie. 🐋We have included both books about Whales, books featuring Whales and the wonderful,…

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River by Tom Percival

Oh wow. Tom Percival books always leave you just a little teary, but also hugged from the inside out. River is no exception.This book has many depths, pun not intended, and offers both, reassurance to a child healing from emotional trauma, and insight for children whose parents may be struggling with mental health issues. This book shows that kindness extends to helping others and nature, and…

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Mini and Hardly and the big adventure by Catherine Rayner

Mini and Hardley and the Big Adventure by @catherine.rayner published by @macmillankidsuk. 🦄 Oh my heart! Catherine Rayner books always leave you feeling kissed by wisdom and magic but this one has just stolen my heart and swooped into my top five picture books. 🦄Mini and Hardley are two little unicorns fed up with being small, they embark on a big adventure but realise being small and looked…

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Love, Love, All love

Love ❤️ 💛🖤💚🧡💜 With valentines fast approaching we have filled our bookcase with love in its many forms! Our favourite….. And Tango Makes Three- a real life love story of two male penguins who try to hatch a stone, eventually they are given their very own egg and the rest is heartwarming history! love#valentines #loveislove #lgbt #lgbtqlivesmatter #childrensbooks #diversechildrensbooks…

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Mix-up Monday by Elizabeth Dale illustrated by Louise Forshaw, published by Maverick

Which child doesn’t love a romp through the farm? Especially one that’s so mixed up by Monday mayhem that duck eggs turn into horse poo! Poor Farmer Fred starts his week sleep walking through Monday (I’m sure many of us have down the same)! He is in such a muddle, he quickly confuses the animals who decide to join in on the utter chaos and confusion which results in some hilarious mix ups which…

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The Grumpy Hat

The Grumpy Hat by Nicola Kent. Published by Andersen press. 😖Ever have those days where you just can’t shake the grumps? That’s exactly what happens to Ravi after he gets cross at his sister and breaks her car. He finds himself engulfed by a big, red grumpy hat. 🛁With the help of Dad, Ravi embarks on a mission to remove the grumpy hat. Dad suggests a host of activities that might help Ravi…

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Sea Themed Shelfie

🌊Today’s Sunday Shelfie is inspired by the sea. Today’s trip to the beach was a little eventful and ended up with miraculously retrieving a lost tooth from the sea bed. 🌊We love the ocean and all the creatures who make the seas their home. We are passionate about protecting the sea and reducing the amount of waste that ends up in our oceans and consequently in the stomachs of many of the…

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The Wooly Bear Caterpillar published by Macmillan.

🐛Wow what an amazing collaboration, one of the most renowned picture book authors teamed with the amazing talents of Yuval Zommer, children’s book illustrator extraordinair! I expected huge things from this book and it didn’t disappoint! 🐛First of all the book is about moths, the most underrated and under acknowledged member of the mini beast world. In this story different types of moths and…

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