Do you enjoy making and crafting? Do you Knit, Sew or Upcycle regular household items into new things? Making and craft was a popular theme for Ladybird, appearing across multiple series and allowing the creation of a subsection of the Hobbies and Interests series entitled ‘How to make’. The crafts within these series focus primarily […]

What makes a good life...for a pig? Andrea Roe's recent artworks focus on pigs and their behaviour. They are the result of working at Scotland's Rural College, where she explored the nature of animal consciousness. In CARNEVALE: Objects Designed for Pigs, Andrea collaborated with artist Cath Keay to create play objects which might appeal to both humans […]

  The Children’s Book Award presented by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups is the only national award of its type voted for solely by children. Drawing on collections held by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, the Children’s Collection held by University of Reading Special Collections Service and the Museum of English Rural Life, […]