Blog-Block & Back to Basics

22 May

I haven’t written a blog post in a while. Usually when I write one, it’s because a topic has popped into my head (or been swirling around my head for a while) but this hasn’t happened now in WEEKS. Maybe because my teaching job has been non-stop, crazy busy (Summer Term is the busiest term, there is no mythical wind-down!). Maybe because home life with 2 kids is non-stop, crazy busy. My head is too full.

Traffic has been significantly down to the website too. Trying to learn all about SEO, organic traffic and keywords. Selling books online is not as simple as my off-on-maternity-leave-exhausted-hormonal-slightly-delusional brain thought it would be. I didn’t think it would be easy at all, don’t get me wrong, but I also didn’t think I would be so stumped about what I am clearly doing wrong in this online world of retail.

So instead of overthinking blogs, I am going back to basics and simply recommending some picture books!

The World seems to be going to Hell in a handcart right now, I want to raise a little activist that can help change the World for the better! What would you recommend?

People Power: Peaceful Protests that Changed the World by Rebecca June & Ximo Abadia
A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

The Far-Right seems to be popular at the moment, any books on why fascism is not something to vote for?!

This is Dictatorship by Equipo Plantel & Mikel Casal
One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust by Michael Rosen & Benjamin Phillips

Our family is definitely not your ‘traditional nuclear’ type! Where can we see ourselves represented?

Note to self: I have realised I need to do better with this category! I am on it!

Mama and Mummy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita
My Daddies! by Gareth Peter & Garry Parsons
We Are All Different: A Celebration of Diversity by Tracey Turner & Asa Gilland
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer

I am looking for a book to help discuss the death of a loved one. What would you recommend?

The Bear-Shaped Hole by John Dougherty & Thomas Docherty
Mum's Jumper by Jayde Perkin
If All the World Were by Joseph Coelho & Allison Colpoys

I want a book that will make my kid AND me laugh, what have you got?

Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson & Dan Santat
Simon and Chester: Super Detectives by Cale Atkinson
Goodnight Sun by Eoin McLaughlin & Morag Hood

I stand in solidarity with Palestine and want my children to understand their history and culture more. Where should I start?

Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck & Reem Madooh
Sitti's Bird : A Gaza Story by Malak Mattar
We Are Palestinian : A Celebration of Culture and Tradition by Reem Kassis & Noha Eilouti
A Map for Falasteen : A Palestinian Child’s Search for Home by Maysa Odeh &Aliaa

New baby gift needed asap!

If You Come To Earth by Sophie Blackall;
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers;
Sing With Your Baby Every Day: 30 Songs and Nursery Rhymes to Sing Along To by Claire Grace & Chloe Giordano
Your LIfe On Earth: A Record Book For New Humans by Oliver Jeffers
I am a Baby by Bob Shea

Eeeek, we are pregnant with number 2 and worried our OG baby is going to feel pushed out! Anything that shows them this isn’t true!

You Were the First by Patricia MacLachlan & Stephanie Graegin
The New Small Person by Lauren Child

My child has just been identified as having dyslexia and feeling a bit low about it, are there any books that could help show them dyslexia doesn’t have to hold them back?

Wiggling Words by Kate Rolfe
Xtraordinary People: Unlock your extraordinary Dyslexic Thinking Skills by Kate Griggs

I have a princess obsessed kid, but fed up with the traditional patriarchal tales of meeting a prince and getting married after one kiss! I want to see some strong, independent princess role-models!