Why is the audio element of our storybooks so important to us..🎧 As a parent you want the best for your children. You want them to thrive, taking in all that they see in the world, be it good, bad or indifferent, process it and come to their own conclusions over time. You want them […]
NEW storybook ‘Sitka Spruce the Amazing Timber Tree’ in Welsh! Tales from Mother Earth is delighted to announce the launch of Sbriwsen Sitka – y Goeden Bren Ryfeddol, the Welsh translation of Sitka Spruce the Amazing Timber Tree! This is our very first children’s audio/picture storybook produced in another language—and it’s now being sent out […]
Guest Blog by Georgie McIntyre – Avant Consultancy Ltd, where she explores whether or not children have lost the art of playing outside and the importance of this. Not long ago, childhood meant grazed knees, muddy hands, and imaginations fuelled by nothing but the natural world. These days, I often wonder if […]
But why is it so important and why do we include it in every storybook.. In every one of our storybooks we always have a colouring picture page, and this includes our commissions There is a very good reason behind this. As a parent I understand the desire most children have to paint and […]
Why Stanley? What’s in a name? The name Stanley fitted our image and character of a water vole perfectly, and so the story was written with his name fixed and in place right from the start. In fact every character name chosen for our storybooks is crucially important to me, and sometimes I conduct a […]
Children’s Storybooks on Conservation of Nature – within 4 short years Tales from Mother Earth has now produced 5 audio/picture storybooks – including 2 commissions covering this exact subject that are all available at https://talesfrommotherearth.co.uk/shop/ Phoebe the Bee – teaching children how important bees are and what we can do to help them Spike the […]
Last month we had a lovely interview with the wonderful Karen Black at HubFizz. Thank you so much – what a joy it was to share our story/mission with your audience, about reconnecting children with nature and helping them feel better about their future by conserving the wildlife of today. We can all do something to help and […]
We recently chatted to the Wise Woman Show about all things conservation. Catch the interview here.
It’s Friday; late frosts nip the buds of emerging shoots and coat the lawns with a carpet of sugar frosting. The sun in April skies, spreads dappled shade under budding trees, with greens and yellows especially bright in the spring sunshine. I’ve joined Mark Douglas of Bee 1 on his land, just outside Neath in […]
It was wonderful chatting with Paul Wilson recently when Jenny joined his Happy Head Podcast. They discussed many subjects from bees, hedgehogs, sustainability to mindfulness and planting – in all honesty there wasn’t many topics they didn’t touch on. Grab yourself a cuppa and join us to listen in. Thank you Paul for the invitation […]
