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Summer holiday reading suggestions: 10 books I read this summer

September 19, 2013 Joanne Mallon 3

I keep a list in the back of my Filofax of all the books I’ve read and films I’ve seen each year. Not sure why […]

Overcoming fear of driving featured in Prima Magazine

July 8, 2013 Joanne Mallon 1

  Just a heads-up that there’s an excellent feature all about overcoming fear of driving in the August edition of Prima Magazine, which is on […]

Six tips for overcoming fear of driving

May 28, 2013 Joanne Mallon 2

  My book about fear of driving has been out for about six months now, and the really great thing is that I’m starting to hear […]

My book in the Daily Telegraph

January 19, 2013 Joanne Mallon 0

  Good news – my book about fear of driving was the subject of a big feature in the Daily Telegraph recently. The only snag […]

How to deal with toddler tantrums at Christmas

December 18, 2012 Joanne Mallon 1

  Toddlers, eh? Can’t re-wrap ’em, can’t send ’em back to Santa. The Christmas and New Year period is prime time for adult meltdowns, let […]

Christmas gifts for kids aged 8-12

December 16, 2012 Joanne Mallon 0

Children aged 8-12 can be hard to please. They have a definite idea of what they like, but it might not necessarily be what you […]

Fear, chaos, music, books

December 2, 2012 Joanne Mallon 0

In a moment of serendipity that almost never happens, our house has birthed two new books in the same week. The kids are feral, the […]

Books for kids who don’t like reading

November 29, 2012 Joanne Mallon 0

Is a book is one of the few things it’s OK to give as a gift to someone who might not like it? Maybe if that […]

I wrote a book (again) – Presenting How to Overcome Fear of Driving

November 14, 2012 Joanne Mallon 1

Aaaaages ago, I said I was going to write two books at once. And I tried to, I really did. But it turns out that […]

Children’s book review: Lego Ninjago Fight the Power of the Snakes! Brickmaster

September 16, 2012 Joanne Mallon 3

The Lego Brickmaster series of books are a sort of cross between a book and a Lego set. Latest release in the series is Lego […]

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