🌿 Men Under Shade: The Secret of the Mushroom Men — Coming Soon!
🍄 A Magical Adventure Begins in Chuckle Wood Forest What Is Men Under Shade: The Secret of the Mushroom Men About? Something extraordinary is about to sprout in the world of children’s books. Men Under Shade: The Secret of the Mushroom Men follows siblings Rose and Ethan as a simple birthday picnic turns into a […]
Men Under Shade: The Secret of the Mushroom Men Is Almost Ready to Launch
Men Under Shade: The Secret of the Mushroom Men Nears Launch After years of ideas, sketches, notes, and quiet planning, something very special is finally happening. The launch of the first book in the Men Under Shade series – The Secret of the Mushroom Men – is now just around the corner. This has been […]
🌿 Something Magical Is Coming to Chuckle Wood Forest…Men Under Shade: The Secret of the Mushroom Men
New Series Will Launch This Year – Magical Forest Adventures I’m excited to finally share that my new series Men Under Shade. With the first book: The Secret of the Mushroom Men is on its way. This upcoming children’s book invites young readers into a world where forests whisper with magic, ordinary days turn extraordinary, […]
A Children’s Picture Book About Friendship, Helping Others, and Learning Together
Finding a New Book can be a Challenge Finding a children’s picture book about friendship, helping each other, that also supports learning together can feel like a challenge. Young children connect first with characters and stories. Therefore, learning follows naturally through play, rhythm, and repetition. Mr Vole’s Upside Down New Pots was written with exactly […]
Children’s Picture Book About Curiosity: Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure
A children’s picture book about curiosity can help young readers feel confident about exploring new places and experiences. Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure is a gentle farm story that encourages children to be curious, brave, and open to discovery in a reassuring and age-appropriate way. Lucy is a young lamb who dreams of seeing more […]
Children’s Book Author Reflects on 2025 and What’s Next
As a children’s book author, I’m reflecting on 2025 with gratitude and excitement. From Christmas events to repeat readers, this year has shaped what comes next. Thank you to everyone who supported my children’s books this year. Every purchase, message, share, and review truly helped. Many children received my books for Christmas, which made the […]
Exciting Progress on my new children’s chapter book series ages 7–11.
New chapter book series for 7 to 11 year olds I’m thrilled to share exciting progress on my upcoming children’s chapter book series, for children from around 7 to 11 years old. I recently received the first rough illustrations. Watching my ideas transform into artwork feels incredibly rewarding. I’ve spent the past couple of years […]
Children’s Books for Christmas – Delight Your Little Ones
Exciting Children’s Books for Christmas The holidays are the perfect time to curl up with a great story, and there’s no better way to spark your child’s imagination than with children’s books for Christmas reading! From playful animal adventures to heart warming tales, reading together creates magical moments that your little ones will treasure. […]
An idea in the Making: My Children’s Book Series Is Coming to Life!
For a couple of years now, I’ve had an idea growing quietly in the back of my mind—a book series for children aged 6 to 10. The characters, the setting, the adventures… it’s been something I’ve felt deeply passionate about but kept close to my heart as I slowly nurtured the idea.Well, I’m thrilled to […]
2nd Lucy Book is Now Available!
I’m beyond excited to announce that “Lucy Lamb’s Most Exciting School Day” is now officially available! After the incredible response to “Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure,” I knew Lucy’s journey was far from over. Many of you wanted more of her adventures, and I’m thrilled to bring you the next story in what is now […]
2nd Lucy Lamb Book Coming Soon!
I’m thrilled to announce that “Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure” picture book has been such a hit that I’ve decided to turn it into a series! Many of you have requested more adventures with Lucy too, and I’m excited to make it happen. The second book, titled “Lucy Lamb’s Most Exciting School Day,” is written […]
Author Visits – What I do
If being an author wasn’t enough, if you are lucky, you also get the honour of doing school visits. I absolutely love school visits and hearing the children’s questions and seeing how excited they are to have an author on site. It initially takes a little bit of time to plan out how you are […]
Plush toys – My Journey So Far…
Like many authors the idea of having a plush toy character from your book to accompany the book is very appealing! And I am one of those many authors! I love the idea of seeing the character come to life in this way and for a child to have the character to move about as […]
Rodney the Seagull – Chips, Ice cream And Cake Now on sale!!
Rodney Seagull – Chips, Ice cream and Cake is no on sale! It didn’t seem that long ago that I was on holiday with the family being amused watching opportunist seagulls waiting to dive down or sneak in to grab food from people’s hands, plates or even as they ate!! We spotted an extra cheeky […]
Rodney the Seagull – Chips, Ice cream and Cake – Coming soon – October 2022
Exciting news! The next picture book by Rhyming Moment Books is in the final stages of being illustrated. This humorous book is due to be on sale October 2022! Just in time to be available for Christmas! The idea for this book came about after a few holidays on the coast where crafty seagulls watched […]
Mr Vole Upside Down New Pots – now ready to purchase!
Mr Vole’s Upside Down New Pots is now available for sale from Amazon or direct from the publisher Rhyming Moments and the book has received a brilliant first review! A colourful book for younger children Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2022 – Review by Stella Baker for The Book Dragon. Here is […]
Little Mouses’s Tasty Find – A great first book
A great first book – 5 star review A delightful hard cover book for beginners, with wonderful illustrations and bright colours. For younger children, sitting on a lap for a story, there are many lovely surprises incorporated within the pages; the mouse doormat displaying ‘home, squeak home’, for example. The font is clear and easy […]
A review to share…
Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure was reviewed recently by The Book Dragon. I was so thrilled with the feedback I needed to share this on a blog! And here it is!! Entitled – A sweet tale with lots to look at and many farm animals to meet for young children. Another fun and colourful book […]
My self-publishing board book journey…
As a child I absolutely loved English literature and language classes. I enjoyed nothing more than being able to read the books on the syllabus and dive into someone else’s imagination – just fantastic! However, I enjoyed even more writing and using my imagination to create characters and then deciding what adventures they will have. […]
Mr Vole’s Upside Down New Pots – Coming Soon!
Mr Vole’s Upside Down New Pots my next picture book for ages up to 8 years is nearly finished and I am so excited. It is coming soon!! A preview of the draft cover – I love it! I can’t wait to see it coloured in. A bit about the book…. Ollie was a tawny […]
Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure
Lucy Lamb’s Most Curious Adventure was my first picture book. When the book went on sale, I had everything crossed that I would sell a few books in the first month. I was absolutely thrilled when I sold 50 books in the first month, back in November 2021. Since then the sales have continued and […]
Why a caterpillar for the Rhyming Moments logo?
I am often asked why I chose a caterpillar as the Rhyming Moments logo. This is because the first book I wrote Caterpillar’s Big Change was the initial inspiration that started me on this journey. I wrote the caterpillar rhyme whilst at school and I have remembered it ever since. When I started to sing […]
Rhyming Moments is featured in this month’s Toddle About magazine!
Toddle About magazine is often referred to by parents as their ‘bible’. So, having Rhyming Moments featured at the top of the Fab & Funky Products page is exciting. The advert has already started to generate interest in Rhyming Moments books, with great feedback too. The two board books are currently on offer for Toddle […]
Rhymes Help Reading!!
Rhymes are important for young children because: they help develop an ear for our language rhymes help children with phonemic awareness, phonemes are the smallest unit of sounds that make up words, gaining an awareness leads to reading and writing success rhymes help children’s brains to differentiate between syllables rhymes help to identify similarities between […]
