The Little Bookstall

24/11/2022

⭐️ 📚 FREE books for your school! 📚 ⭐️

WIN a HUGE bundle of lovely children’s books for your South London primary school!

All you need to do is follow us Nappyvalleynet & on instagram…and give us a little ❤️ in the comments! Sharing in stories will give you an extra chance at winning!

Each entry gives your school a chance to win this lovely prize, so tell your friends to enter too. The more parents who enter from your school, the greater the chance of bagging the books for YOUR school!

⭐️ Giveaway ends on 28th November at midnight (London time) so get entering and tagging your friends! ⭐️

The Prize:
Martina from ChocoLit Books at 14 Old Town, Clapham, SW4 will carefully select a bundle of great books. These will be a mixture of fiction and non-fiction and will include some superb inclusive and diverse reads.

The winner will be notified via Instagram and will have 48 hours to contact us to claim their prize. Prize to be collected from ChocoLit at 14 Old Town, SW4 0JY.

Security:
Note that we will not ask for any monies or bank details, so please do not fall for any of this from the various scamsters, scoundrels and phishers knocking about.

Rules:
Please note that this competition is not in any way sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram.
All entrants must be over 18 and based in the UK.
Winner will be selected at random.

☘️ Good Luck! 🤞

https://nappyvalleynet.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=115&t=126026&p=283298

18/11/2022

All the Christmas Shopping inspo!

⭐CLAPHAM MUMS CHRISTMAS GUIDE IS HERE!⭐
We started our Christmas guide over lockdown when businesses didn’t have fairs, We got such a good response with it that I want to keep it going.

We want to inspire our readers to shop local, so we want to showcase the best of our locals 😊.

Click here: https://www.claphammums.com/2022/christmas-2022-gift-guide

Let's shop local this Christmas! ❤

Features: Bacchanalian Designs, Bayard Magazines, Fierce Face Aesthetics, grape marketplace, Graveney Gin, Helen B Ceramics, Ilke Usluca Design, Joyful Organising, Laura Shimili Mears Photography, Maria Cooper Gomes, Marianne Häggström Photography, Morgan-Davies Art, My Gym Battersea, Rainbow & Ginger London, Roanne Orlebar Designs, Simply Pilates London, The Little Gym of Wandsworth and Fulham, The London Skin Medic, Tiny Treasures, Travel Matters, Valentina's Recipes, VE Kitchen, Well Kneaded

27/03/2022

🥊 Any second-best mums want to challenge me for the title? 😂

…we’re ready. Bring it on!💪

Wishing each and every one of you a Happy Mother’s Day, if you celebrate it, and a thoroughly lovely Sunday, if you don’t

💐 We’re off to Wisley to look at the pretty flowers as this is my happy place

What are your Sunday plans?

❤️ #

13/03/2022

💗 MEET THE TEAM 💗

Here’s one of my Book Reviewers

She’s a reading machine

Can’t stop

Won’t stop

She’s a confirmed reader

A real bookworm

And she’ll read anywhere

Any time. Any place. Anywhere**

📚 Do your kids like reading? What unusual places have you found them tucking into a book? 📚

💡 If you need any book ideas, ping us a message and we’ll be happy to help 💡

**might not add that # 🤔

15/02/2022

😂 Make sure you have the SOUND ON…

❤️ We love the sounds of the animals on the farm….

….especially the little lamb sucking on the bottle 🐑

❤️ But my very favourite is the squelchy sound of the muddy welly! (Not shown in the video as I don’t want to ruin the surprise!)

❤️ The illustrations are fab - there are lots of things to spot and count, and some fun ways to teach your little one colours

👉 To order your copy, send me a message

🙏 Please SHARE, LIKE and SAVE to make Instagram show this post to more mums and dads ❤️

😚 Thank you! 😚

24/12/2021

When’s the last time you lay in bed in the morning and read a book? *not a children’s book

I spend so much time talking about books, researching books, recommending books and selling books

But not nearly enough time reading books *apart from children’s books

But, it’s Christmas Eve…the kids are watching TV and playing with the cat who has adopted us

…and me?

…you’ll find me in bed, with a cup of Yorkshire tea and a new book 🥰
*an adult’s book

What are you up to this Christmas Eve? Are you going to make a little bit of time just for you?

Whatever you do this festive period, take a little bit of space for you. And make a little bit of time for books.

….because books aren’t just for children 😉

Feliz Navidad 🎄

16/11/2021

⚽️ If a child who is struggling with reading has a passion…

🤗…embrace it and make it part of their reading journey!

📚 Flick across to check just a few of our books for football-mad kids!

👉 Message me to order or to see sample pages

📕 ‘The Unlucky Eleven’ by Phil Earle - Everything is going wrong for the Saints and they think they’ve been cursed! The team’s attempts to break the curse take things from bad to worse! Step forward Stanley to take the most important free-kick of his life!

📕 ‘Football Mad! Own Goal!’ by Paul Stewart - Dale Juniors are about to win the cup final! Then disaster strikes as Scott scores an own goal. After the match, he sees a nasty message about him on the wall. The prime suspect is his best mate, Danny. Could Danny have turned against him?

📕 ‘Keeper’ by Alan Gibbons - New boy Shane Logan is a talented goalie…with a temper. He delivers a star performance in the first match. His dad, Mick, also makes an impression with yells and orders from the sideline. What is Mick’s problem? And why does Shane seem afraid of him?

📕 ‘The Dog that Saved the World’ by Phil Earle - Pickles the dog and Elsie love football. So they’re delighted when Elsie’s team gets to play in a half-time match at the World Cup final at Wembley! But then Elsie’s dad loses his job and they have to move. With Elsie’s dreams of playing at Wembley shattered, Pickles decides that it’s up to him to save the world (cup)!

Extra (time) info: Those clever folk at Barrington Stoke have used dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock to make each of these books accessible to more readers.

❤️ If you have a struggling reader or a reader with dyslexia, we now have a lovely range of these books in stock. Just message me for information ❤️

10/11/2021

NEW IN! And will be the first to see them tonight!

We are passionate about finding great books for children of all ages

And of all reading abilities

So I’m thrilled that these super clever books from have arrived in time for the Christmas Shopping Market

Each of these books is fabulous in their own right…

PLUS they have lots of really clever features to ALSO make them great for reluctant and struggling readers and readers with dyslexia

SUCH AS… more space between the lines, higher interest age than reading age, thicker paper to reduce distracting text from the next page, special font and paper tint

So…if you’re at the Belleville Christmas Fair this evening, come and take a look

I’m very sure that we have books to ignite a desire to read in ALL children!

See you tonight!

07/11/2021

🎉 A GIVEAWAY for adventure-loving kids!

🎉 WIN a Crush Series bundle of Kangaroo Crush story and puzzle plus 3 colouring books!

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 3 Easy Steps to Enter:

❤️FOLLOW


❤️ LIKE this post
❤️ TAG an adventure-loving friend

For EXTRA entries, tag extra friends in the Comments. Each extra friend tagged in a separate comment gives you an additional entry!

⚠️ PLEASE NOTE:
Do not give your bank details or personal information to anyone purporting to be us. The winner will be notified publicly here. We will never ask for your bank details.

📚 ABOUT THE PRIZE:
Open up a whole world of adventure with this fun bundle from
Join a kangaroo and other animals in the Australian desert on a hilarious, madcap rhyming tale of unintended consequences!
Carry on the fun with Kangaroo Crush puzzle and 3 fun colouring-in books from The Crush Series!

☘️ Good luck! ☘️

Instagram entry rules:
Giveaway open to UK and Ireland only. All entrants must be 18+. Closes at midnight (UK time) on 16 November 2021. The winner will be notified on here and has 48 hours to get in contact to claim their prize.
This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or in any way associated with Instagram.

☀️

01/10/2021

📚 Do your kids love books? Or do you wish they loved books? 😉

Then pop over to Skylark Cafe on Wandsworth Common tomorrow (Saturday)

…and come check out our collection of books for boys and girls, big and small!

We’ll be there from 9 to 3 so grab a coffee and have a browse

There’s ☔️ forecast, so take shelter under The Little Bookstall’s gazebo

….because a bit of rain won’t stop us!

P.S If you can’t find a book you like, stop and have a chat as I’m only bringing a selection of my stock!

😊 Can’t wait to meet you 😊

P.S I’m giving a % of sales to Bankuet food bank charity, so come and help me donate more 😂

09/09/2021

📚 Two Instagram posts in one day! Who even am I??!!

📚 Just putting together a selection of new picture books for a little girl

📚 She’s just starting nursery

📚 And her mummy wants to start a special reading time afterwards

📚…because she’ll be tired and a little overwhelmed

🤫…and because her mummy wants to catch up on the cuddles 🥰

Take a look at my stories today to see inside these books

🥰 And send me a message if you’d like to buy some new books for your little ones 🥰

14/08/2021

Do your kids’ teddies get books when they’re on holiday?

Every holiday, we get a new baby book in Italian from the supermarket

This one is for Piggie* (left)

It’s her first trip to Italy and Bananas is teaching her the lingo

Bananas (right) can hold his own in Italian as you’d expect**

*yes - we know she’s not actually a piggie

** Bananas was born in in Pisa and returns to his birthplace several times a year