On the first weekend of Christmas…

It’s not often you get the chance to see teddy bears dancing on the side of houses, giant luminous fish tanks and robotic musical dancing exhibits in someone’s front garden whilst roaming the streets of Lincoln so if you want to take advantage of our city...

Looking to find the man in red?

(For Christmas 2017 – Heigh-Ho Ho Ho, it’s off to the grotto we go – please click here) Halloween is another year away and Bonfire Night 2016 has seen its last explosion so… it must be time for the countdown to Christmas! Such an attitude is...

Need a new book? Create your own!

Today is the final day of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016). The Mini Malpi have looked at their own spooky recommendations, heard about some new releases from Lindum Books’s Gill Hart, taken a look at some picture books with...

Picture perfect for #ChildrensBookWeek

For day three of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016), Deborah Holland, Lincoln Waterstones Children’s Bookseller, highlights a few of her favourite picture books which “don’t get as much focus and I think...

Are your mini ones a Child of Books?

For day two of BookTrust’s Children’s Book Week (October 31st to November 4th, 2016), Gill Hart from Lincoln independent book shop Lindum Books picks a few of her recently-released favourites… “There are lots of fabulous new books newly...

Chilling tales to kickstart Children’s Book Week

Happy Children’s Book Week! Running from October 31st to November 4th, 2016, the week is being promoted by BookTrust and aims to celebrate books and reading for pleasure. “Studies show that children who enjoy and feel confident in reading are better...