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From Giraffes Can't Dance illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees

Half-Term Preview: Living Paintings @ Selfridges

Tactile and audio storybooks designed for blind and partially sighted children, enjoyed by all.

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Things To Do In London This Half-Term: 13-19 February

Helicopters, piranhas, a funfair, storytelling and much more…

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The School Of Table Manners @ Kensington Hotel

Bad manners are not just a ska band from North London.

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Maps: An Uncle’s Guide To London

A new map shows places that appeal to both young and not-so-young.

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New Mayor’s Fund Backs Music Scholarships For Kids

Boris launches a new charity to support young music talent across the capital.

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Things To Do In London Over The Easter Holidays

Fancy letting your kids be young farmers, white water rafters, pirates, chocolate sculptors and easter egg hunters?

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Half Term Dance: U Review @ The Place and Lilian Baylis Studio

Find out what your kids think about new, fun contemporary dance.

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Review: Alice in Wonderland At The Little Angel

Alice is a tall tale, often told.  Lewis Carroll’s surreal plot lends itself to the suspension of belief that puppetry requires, especially hand puppetry, when the puppeteers are very visible on stage.  This version is the Little Angel Theatre’s Christmas show, playing at child-friendly times …

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Review: The Snowman @ Peacock Theatre

The Snowman and Christmas go together like snow and TfL apologies so it’s unsurprising that this largely wordless adaption by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre of Raymond Brigg’s 1978 graphic novel is returning to Sadler’s Wells’ Peacock Theatre.

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Are Children Safer in Kabul Than London?

Worried about raising your children on the mean streets of London? Perhaps you should consider relocating to somewhere more bucolic – like sunny Kabul, in war-torn Afghanistan.

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Preview: Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival

There’s a day of completely free events for children in Crystal Palace this Saturday. Workshops at Upper Norwood Library are around 45 minutes long where your little ones can learn about illustrating (including comics and manga) from people like Garen Ewing and Derek the Sheep’s …