to our new Bambang, made by Josie

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by clara | Aug 31, 2015

how do I love thee? let me count the ways…   Your white-tipped ears…     your perfectly shaped head and timid expression…     your lovely big tum and little toes (four at the...

Mango and Bambang

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by clara | Aug 27, 2015

only one week to go!   Mango and Bambang The Not-a-Pig by Polly Faber and me, is published on September 3rd, one week today. The waiting is nearly over. We have licked our chocolate (Friendship and Adventure...

thank you from Mum

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by clara | Aug 21, 2015

for your wonderful letters…   Mum was so touched – and utterly amazed – to read the letters you so kindly wrote to her on the occasion of her Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award. They are now...

Bambang out and about

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by clara | Aug 10, 2015

  I do love a model village (well there’s a surprise), so what better place could there be to take Bambang on his first ever trip out than Wimborne Model Town. He could wander happily along the little...