Book of the Month: Be Your Best Self by Danielle Brown MBE and Nathan Kai

‘Be Your Best Self: Life Skills For Unstoppable Kids’ by Danielle Brown MBE & Nathan Kai pub. Button Books

​Be Your Best Self provides children with a kit for self-growth, success and happiness, and facilitates the growth of Champion mindsets. It's a recipe that empowers children to thrive, shine and be the very best they can be.

It helps children and young people to practise core skills and provides a survival kit for them to dip into when they need extra help or motivation. It also touches upon themes such as: goal setting, growth mindset, perseverance, getting organised and learning to fail well.

Looking after yourself is an important theme of the book   whether that be eating healthy food and exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, being kind to yourself or knowing how to deal with bullies. With beautiful illustrations alongside the words, Be Your Best Self is a wonderful book to introduce your child too and who learn a great deal in an easy, fun and digestible way.

Book of the Month: 'The Other Side of the Coin' by Angela Kelly

In The Other Side of the Coin, The Queen has personally given Angela her blessing to share their extraordinary bond with the world. Whether it’s preparing for a formal occasion or brightening Her Majesty’s day with a playful joke, Angela’s priority is to serve and support.

Sharing never-before-seen photographs – many from Angela’s own private collection – and charming anecdotes of their time spent together, this revealing book provides memorable insights into what it’s like to work closely with The Queen, to curate her wardrobe and to discover a true and lasting connection along the way.

We gain privileged insight into a successful working relationship, characterised by humour, creativity, hard work, and a mutual commitment to service and duty.

Book of the Month: Let It Snow by Agnes Prus

‘Let It Snow’ by Agnes Prus pub. Hardie Grant

Bring warmth and sweetness into your home during the most festive months of the year with a whole host of delights, including Matcha & Coconut Trees, Apple   Gingerbread, Chocolate & Pecan Snowballs and Pistachio & Raspberry Rings.

The recipes in Let it Snow are simple, fun, and will feed a whole Christmas party; and come accompanied by cute decoration ideas and transporting photographs of   beautiful snowy scenes.

Whether you’d like to gift this to a loved one or use this to spend some quality time in the kitchen with your little ones, Let It Snow is family friendly and the ideal festive recipe book.

Book of the Month: 'A Single Thread' by Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier, the international author of best selling Girl With The Pearl Earing, is back with her latest book A Single Thread.

We follow Violet Speedwell who is mourning for both her fiancé and her brother following the First World War. Regarded by society as a ‘surplus woman’ unlikely to marry, Violet aims to  escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone.

A new life awaits her in Winchester; a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything…

Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread  reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.

Book of the Month: 'Simple' by Yotam Ottolenghi

‘Ottolenghi SIMPLE’ by Yotam Ottolenghi  pub. Ebury Press

The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller. Winner at The National Book Awards 2018. 

Yotam Ottolenghi’s award-winning recipes are always a   celebration: an unforgettable combination of abundance, taste and surprise. Ottolenghi SIMPLE is no different, with 130 brand-new dishes that contain all the inventive elements and flavour combinations that Ottolenghi is loved for, but with minimal hassle for maximum joy. Just as the name suggests, in SIMPLE, each recipe is focused on only the essential ingredients and cooking techniques required, maximising flavour and respecting your time (& wallet too).

Bursting with colourful photography, Ottolenghi SIMPLE showcases Yotam’s standout dishes that will suit whatever type of cooking you find easy – whether that’s getting  wonderful food on the table in under 30 minutes, using just one pot to make a delicious meal, or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you’re ready.

Book of the Month: 'Brief Answers to the Big Qurstions' by Stephan Hawking

‘Brief Answers to the Big Questions’ by Stephan Hawking  pub. John Murray

Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and multiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, Hawking always believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our planet.

And now, as we face potentially catastrophic changes here on Earth - from climate change to dwindling natural resources, Stephen Hawking turns his attention to the most urgent issues for humankind.

Wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, the final book from one of the greatest minds in history, is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Hawking takes you on a journey of answers to some of the biggest questions answering them in his usual easy to understand way.

Book Of The Month - Roasting Tin

‘The Roasting Tin: Simple One Dish Dinners’ by Rukmimi Iyer  pub. Square Peg

The Roasting Tin has recipes for 75 delicious one dish dinners ranging from chicken traybakes to super grains. The concept is simple: fresh, easy ingredients, a few minutes prep, and let the oven do the work. Each chapter also  includes a helpful infographic for how to build you own roasting tin dinner using whatever is in your fridge tonight.

These quick, clever and delicious recipes are for anyone who wants to eat nutritious food made from scratch that fits around their busy lives. (And for anyone who doesn't like washing up).

Alongside The Roasting Tin, Rukmini has also gone on to release ‘The Quick Roasting Tin’ and ‘The Green Roasting Tin’; perfect for those who love the concept of this book but have less time and for those who follow a vegetarian or vegan diet.