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Do you ever find yourself browsing your own bookshelves and realising you bought two versions of the same book? And you haven’t read either one? #angelacarter #themagictoyshop #bookstagram #bookshelves #books #bookhoarder #bibliophile #addictedtobooks #bookaholic
Why do Japanese children consistently come out on top in global health surveys? Through research, interviews and memories of her own childhood in Japan, Naomi Moriyama discovers seven secrets you need to know to nurture your child’s health: 🥗 1. Make your family meals more nurtrient-dense: that means more fruits and vegetables, more fish, more whole grains, and less processed foods (like fast food or packaged food). 🥗 2. Don’t demonise unhealthy foods as ‘bad’ and don’t ban them either. Instead, celebrate healthy food, and when it comes to unhealthy food, practice ‘flexible restraint’ as a family. 🥗 3. Inspire your child to enjoy new foods: gently encourage your children to enjoy a wide variety of healthy foods, but don’t force them to eat anything. 🥗 4. Serve smaller Japanese-style portions to pick and choose from (including plenty of fruits and vegetables). 🥗 5. Inspire Your Child to Enjoy Daily Physical Exercise: most children in Japan walk to school; even if that’s not possible for your family, make some kind of physical activity an everyday routine. 🥗 6. Eating healthy is easier when your family’s lifestyle is built around healthy habits, what the authors call a ‘Wrap Around Lifestyle’: eat family meals together, practice healthy home cooking, involve your children in buying, preparing, and enjoying good food. Basically, be healthy and your children will follow. 🥗 7. Finally, be an ‘authoritative parent’ not an ‘authoritarian parent’ — authoritarian parents set strict rules without explaining why, and are focused on unquestioning obedience, power and coercion. Authoritative parents also have rules that children are expected to follow, but the big difference is that these parents are responsive, willing to listen and are more nurturing in their approach to discipline. They are assertive but not intrusive or restrictive. 🥗 Ultimately, try and remember this hard-to-accept but important rule: “parents are responsible for what food they serve to their children, and when and where they serve it; children are responsible for how much of that food they eat and whether they eat any of it at all.” #healthyeating #bookstagram #parentingbooks #healthychildhood #books
Page 1 and a cup full of coffee. What more could I want? 📖 ☕️ . . . #bookstagrammer #lovebooks #bibliophile #bookstagram #reading #amreading #booksandcoffee #thewritingroomtravels
I saw and loved the movie before I read and loved the book. When I brought it to the till at the bookstore, the man started gushing about the book. “You just... It’s just... Just read it.” And then I knew just what he was trying to say. ⭐️ The story is told in barely a hundred pages, but there is something so lovely and intimate about reading a small story about ordinary people going about their lives... until, of course, you rent an apartment in the same building as larger-than-life Holly Golightly and for a little while, your life takes an unexpected turn. ⭐️ Brought to life by the iconic Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie, Holly is one of the most interesting characters you will find in modern literature, a woman both endearing and infuriating, adamant to live life on her own terms, but struggling to grapple with the consequences, while still trying to grapple with her past. ⭐️ In so few words, Capote tells a dazzling narrative, showing us Holly only through the eyes of Paul Varjak, adding to the strangeness of her character and the poignancy of their budding relationship. ⭐️ This the perfect little book for readers who love oddball characters in a brilliantly written and supremely romantic love story. Head to my instastory for some of my favourite passages from the book! . . . #bookstagram #books #bookstoread #reading #amreading #trumancapote #breakfastattiffanys #readersofinstagram #lovebooks #bibliophile #bookworm
Happy Birthday Roald Dahl! I am always eager to ask my students what books they have read and loved, and Roald Dahl has always been one of the top favourite authors they shoot their hands up to tell me about. Matilda, a favourite among my students and one of his most famous books, has been turned into a Hollywood film and is now also a celebrated musical. Roald Dahl never talks down to his young readers, and doesn’t consider what children should be reading about - he just tells a good story, one that will make children laugh and feel moved in equal measure. . . . #roalddahl #happybirthdayroalddahl #bookquotes #readersofinstagram #readers #lovebooks #childrensbooks #childrensbookstagram
A gorgeously designed new collection of six of Kamila Shamsie’s novels by @bloomsburypublishing (reposted from @kshamsie). Published between 1998 (“In the City by the Sea”) and 2017 (“Homefire”), Shamsie’s novels have spanned decades and continents, and have won fans and awards across borders. How many have you read? . . . #bookstagram #regram #repost #kamilashamsie #pakistaniwriters #pakistaniauthors #instareads #readersofinstagram #reading #books #bookish #writersofpakistan

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