===[[Handbag Workshop: Design and Sew the Perfect Bag by Anna M Mazur]]===
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I love handbags, but I resent paying the prices demanded by manufacturers of 'good' bags. Additionally, I often find a bag I like but the colour / shape / size / capacity / internal layout isn't ''quite'' what I had in mind, so I end up spending rather a lot of money and compromising. The solution is to make my own bags and whilst I was confident about sewing fabric bags, I was nervous about using leather, not least because leather isn't very forgiving when it comes to mistakes and it's usually more expensive than fabric. I needed help. Anna Mazur's ''The Handbag Workshop'' came to me free through NetGalley in return for an unbiased review. [[Handbag Workshop: Design and Sew the Perfect Bag by Anna M Mazur|Full Review]]
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When you think about it, it's quite startling that oceans cover most of our planet and they're home to nearly half of all species, apart from humans. We don't know a lot about the oceans either - less than 5% of the area has been explored, but it is an area of outstanding beauty. With Alice Bowsher's ''Lift-the-Flap and Colour: Ocean'' children as young as two have the opportunity to do a little exploration and to colour their own pictures. The flaps are a stroke of genius: when we look at the sea we see little more than the movement of the water, but how different it would be if you could see a little of what is going on underneath. [[Lift-the-Flap and Colour: Ocean by Alice Bowsher|Full Review]]
===[[Botanicum Activity Book by Katie Scott and Kathy Willis]]===
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Children and adults who enjoyed [[Botanicum (Welcome To The Museum) by Katie Scott and Kathy Willis]] are going to love the ''Botanicum Activity Book''. Don't be misled by the suggestion that the book is aimed at the seven-plus age group: there's plenty in here for anyone who is still capable of holding a pen or pencil. [[Botanicum Activity Book by Katie Scott and Kathy Willis|Full Review]]