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Introducing Budget Book Bundles: Teach Emotional Intelligence to kids through Storytelling

Everything seems to only be getting more and more expensive that families are having to cut back on essentials, even storybooks ... We can't do much about the price of petrol, electricity or groceries but we can help with books: Introducing our new Budget Bundles for Willow the Wonderer . Budget Book Bundles - New! Our Budget Book Bundles are 2-3 Willow the Wonderer book collections, developed around critical EQ or emotional intelligence skills such as emotional regulation,

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Final Day! 🤓 Paperback Sale 🤓 Get quality kids books at amazing discount

Quick reminder that today is the final day for our paperback sale (ends midnight). Paperback Sale : Willow the Wonderer All paperbacks discounted to $9.99 per book. Make the most of this limited time offer to complete your little ones' Willow the Wonderer collection or indeed stock up on presents for the little ones in your life. 🤓 The Book Set with the complete series is now only $49.95 That's five books bestselling books for less than $50! Make the most of these deals :)

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Life after Willow ❤️ Refreshed home. Refreshed education hub. Refreshed blog.

Blast from the past: Unboxing first printing of Willow the Wonderer (2021) I don't think I have felt as excited about the start of another year. Admittedly, I had a little cry on my first day back at the desk, when it finally sunk in that it was time to say goodbye to my little Willow; that sweet, stubborn, little wise ass has been more real to me these past six years than most other things in the 'real' world. It was an apt time to recall Fox's counsel to Willow in The Gift.

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Unlocking Creativity : Inspirations behind our bestselling picture book series — Willow the Wonderer

Watch our latest podcast exploring ideas, inspirations and creativity What is the source of ideas and creativity? "Where do your ideas come from?" This is one of the most common questions Darren and I (and no many other creatives) get asked. The motivations tend to vary. Aspiring or practising creatives are always curious to learn and perhaps get inspired through the approach others take, while the audience are usually interested in getting deeper insights into works they lik

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The Elephant in the Classroom : Why Our Schooling System Needs to Change

In the last episode of our Wise As Podcast , we discussed the staggering pace at which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is progressing and how within a space of five years, our world may completely change. We touched on implications for education towards the end, and how it too needs to adapt to the new technological paradigm. We felt that we did not do the topic of education justice ... and certainly have a lot more to say on that account. So for our latest episode, we revisited

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Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) take our jobs? Essential skill to teach kids

Last week, I found myself at the center of an 'internet storm'. It was self inflicted - I posted a comment on Reddit that irked quite a few folks. The offending comment was a prediction: Mass unemployment in white collar professions and the Arts by 2030, thanks to widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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“It's never to early to plant seeds of wisdom”