Gift Focus inc Attire Accessories - Page number 24 - July/August 2021

24 Bookstand The latest releases in gift books HORIZONTAL PARENTING By Michelle Woo RRP: £10.99 Format: Hardback IBSN: 9781797211343 Children are exhausting! In the marathon of modern parenting, everyone needs a break - just 10 precious minutes to rest your body and tune out the chaos. Enter Horizontal Parenting , the super-simple parenting hack for everyone, everywhere. With creative and practical advice for overworked parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and caretakers who just need a minute, this book includes 50 fun, effective and hilarious games to play with your children while lying down. Activities range from, “M Is for Massage” to “Hide and Seek-ish” to “What’s on My Butt?” - giving children a chance to release some energy while you catch your breath. All you need is a comfortable surface, a few household items and your child’s imagination, and you too can master the sanity-saving art of horizontal parenting. www.abramsandchronicle.co.uk TREASURY OF FOLKLORE: SEAS & RIVERS By Dee Dee Chainey & Willow Winsham RRP: £12.99 Format: Hardback IBSN: 9781849946599 Two entertaining and enthralling collections of myths, tales and legends from around the world. The duo behind #FolkloreThursday brings sea and woodland tales to life from cultures around the globe in two attractive volumes, illustrated throughout with intricate woodcut drawings. Treasury of Folklore: Seas & Rivers tells the deep history and enduring significance of water folklore. From mermaids, selkies and sirens to tales of Vineta, the German Atlantis. There’s a world of shapeshifting pink dolphins and ghostly ships, of Scylla and Charybdis and the many guises of Mami Wata, the Yoruba River spirit and the mysterious monsters of Scottish lochs. In Treasury of Folklore:Woodland & Forests , we’re invited into a world of dark, gnarled woodlands and humid jungles, where witches, seductive spirits and big, bad wolves await. Between the branches are enthralling stories, quirky customs, superstitions and legends, from the insatiable cannibalistic children hewn from logs, to lumberjack lore, and the spine-chilling legend of Bloody Mary. These tales do not only spellbind, but also encourage a sense of belonging across cultures by showing how much we all have in common. With modern folklore tales sitting alongside ancient legends, the books also show that folklore is constantly evolving and that it carries meanings, values and lessons that resonate with us all. www.pavilionbooks.com THE JOY OF SERIES By Ellen Mary, Megan C. Hayes and Steph Blackwell RRP: £14.99 Format: Hardback & e-book THE JOY OF GARDENING From sowing seeds to deadheading flowers, growing your own potatoes to welcoming feathered friends into your own garden, discover the joy to be found in every moment of gardening by slowing down, observing nature and planning ahead for the seasons. THE JOY OF WRITING THINGS DOWN In this book you’ll discover practical ways to turn the ordinary ritual of jotting things down into a remarkable source of peace, focus and confidence. Learn to take pleasure in your correspondence, find fresh delight in your diary writing and put renewed heart in your humble to-do list. THE JOY OF BAKING This book encourages you to become absorbed in the everyday magic of transforming a few simple ingredients into something utterly delicious. From the focus of baking sourdough to the quick-win of a cheesy biscuit, gut-friendly muffins to crowd-pleasing carrot cake, there is a recipe for every mood and every occasion. www.quercusbooks.co.uk