Book of the week: Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic

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Last Updated on 09 November 2021

Monica Costa

When London Mums voted Rebel Girls Children’s Book of the Year in 2017, we knew that this series would become highly successful and today we have had the proof of that. Rebel Girls has become the global multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls, and now all four volumes of their New York Times bestselling series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls will debut in Oprah’s Favourite Things 2021 holiday gift list, featured in the Winter issue of O Quarterly and on OprahDaily.com.

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eBook of the week: Want to keep the kids busy throughout the Winter? Meet Boken!  

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Last Updated on 12 November 2021

Monica Costa

Boken, the Little Dog with the Big Heart is a real life, fun-loving Miniature Schnauzer who lives in Spain with his mum, Sara Mastriforte and dad, Neil Egerton. He’s also one of the newest kids’ cartoon characters around, and has just released his brand new website, two latest books and a great FREE ebook! 

Boken the cartoon character was launched worldwide in March last year with a new website and his first two free books. These have already been a major success with over 50,000 audiobooks and tens of thousands of ebooks downloaded since then. He’s also an award winner with his third book, ‘Boken’s Big Trip to England!’ picking up Bronze in the e-Lit Awards 2021.

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Picture Book of the week: Grandude’s Green Submarine by Sir Paul McCartney

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Last Updated on 09 November 2021

Monica Costa

Grandude’s Green Submarine is a lovely new picture book and sequel to Hey Granddude! written by one of the world’s most famous and best loved grandfathers, Sir Paul McCartney. London Mums love it and voted it picture book of the week.  Hey Granddude! was a New York Times Number 1 bestseller in 2019, selling 300,000 copies around the world with translations in 32 languages and counting. It introduced a magical grandpa – the eponymous Grandude – who was inspired by a nickname Paul’s own eight grandchildren had given him. Grandude’s Green Submarine is available in hardback, ebook and audio published by Puffin / Penguin Random House Children’s UK.

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