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How to make Joseph's coat of many colours, step by step.
A CREATE activity made entirely from paper: no adult scissors, no liquid glue, no vacuuming the rug afterwards. Twenty minutes later, Joseph steps out of the book.
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Stories from home,
told slowly.
Short notes on family routines, hands-on activities and the craft of writing books for children who don't yet read fast.
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THE METHODFifteen minutes a day. What changes in a family.
It's not about time. It's about ritual. Small repeated gestures that build a shared language between parents and children.
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PARENTS & RHYTHMReading in bed: the ritual worth more than it seems.
Why reading before sleep isn't a chore for tired parents, but one of the few honest conversations we still have.
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FAITH AT HOMEHow to talk about God with children without sounding like a lesson.
Some books answer questions and some open them. The difference lies, almost always, in the tone of the voice that reads.
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HANDS-ONThree CREATE activities for siblings of different ages.
How to adapt a session for a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old without boring the older one or sidelining the younger.
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BEHIND THE SCENESWhy Joseph always appears in a different colour.
Three months of palette. Thirteen sketches. One colour decision that changed the tone of the whole book.
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THE METHODTalk before explaining: the secret of the TALK questions.
Why the questions at the end of each chapter never have a right answer, and work better for it.
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PARENTS & RHYTHMA low bookshelf changes more than you'd think.
How to arrange children's books so they want to reach them, and five mistakes we keep making.
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HANDS-ONFive materials that last, and three not worth buying.
Everything we learned to buy, and not buy, so a CREATE session doesn't become a logistics exercise.
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BEHIND THE SCENESHow to translate a children's book into three languages at once.
The rule we gave ourselves: never translate, always rewrite. The result in PT, ES and EN, in three points.
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