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Really looking forward to working on book 2 with the The multi-schools council after the success of book 1! This one will focus on children’s mental health and school attendance.

I know it’s been a while but I’ve been working on a BIG personal project. It felt so good this week to get back to what I do and meet all the lovely students at Braxted Park for the ‘United in Diversity’ event with the The multi-schools council. I took a tonne of colouring in sheets but it ended up that all I needed was blank pieces of paper as all the children wanted to make beautiful book covers! I was astounded and inspired by their ideas for illustrations and titles. Think I need to watch out!

How lovely to get a mention from Metro Bank UK about the ‘Maisie Manning’s Money Diary’ launch!

What a fantastic ‘Maisie Manning’s Money Diary’ book launch - I can’t thank you all enough for your support! I must say a massive thank you to Metro Bank UK Colchester branch too who were so great to work with- especially Metro Man! I hope you all enjoyed it - a great way to kick off the Easter holidays.

I am so pleased to announce that I will be holding my book launch for ‘Maisie Manning’s Money Diary’ at Metro Bank UK in Colchester! I love this bank- the staff are so friendly and dogs are allowed so of course my PA came today to check it out! Isn’t he handsome 🥰

I’m absolutely heartbroken about the loss of Jacqueline Gold. 10 years ago when I started my business she chose JaJaJa books as a winner of her WOW competition. I went on to win the yearly award which meant I got to meet Jacqueline and also her lovely sister and dad. All of them were truly inspirational and I never felt like it was a publicity stunt because she kept in contact, gave me advice and was so very lovely to me. I hope she’s at peace with her dad now. She leaves such a legacy.

I’m tired and I’ve got dinner on my top BUT I’m overjoyed to have received the first copy of our book ‘Maisie Manning’s Money Diary’!! What a way to end World Book Day. This diary style story is about the rivalry between a brother and sister who are trying to earn the most pocket money from chores. The book includes lots of money making schemes and real world maths. It even has space at the back for children to write their own business plan! BootzMama has drawn some wonderful illustrations throughout to explain everything. Details of our book launch to follow and copies can be found on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maisie-Mannings-Money-Diary-Genevieve/dp/B0BW2H5NVT/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=3VH09AXCAWTTF&keywords=maisie+mannings+money+diary&qid=1677792493&sprefix=maisie+mannings%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-2

Had a fantastic school visit to Willow Brook today for mental health week. They listened to ‘Sam and the Spider’ and then made their own emojis for how they were feeling today - artwork to follow!

Very much looking forward to the launch of our new book BootzMama
‘Maisie Mannings’ Money Diary’ which is a fun, diary style book about siblings competing to save money, is now in the final editing and proofing stages so watch this space!

Merry Christmas to you all and thank you so much for supporting JaJaJa books! Have a well earned rest, drink and be merry!

Had the loveliest catch up today with the African Families in the UK - afiuk CIC. We met Grandad Sam who will be reading our stories to children at their new hub in town and we ate delicious African buns! It’s a wonderful place offering all sorts of facilities including a private area for breast-feeding and an activity area for little ones. Looking forward to being more involved!

Last few Christmas boxes going out to customers! If you’d like a signed copy then please get in touch 🥰

So very proud to have been part of this project. If you are a teacher or know of any teachers in training then please follow the link!

ITS OUT!!! 📖 📕 📘

'A toolkit for Teachers: Autism, ADHD and Mental Health'

You can purchase your copy here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BP4D27Q9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=15ZBHIT7S1AN&keywords=a+toolkit+for+teachers+autism&qid=1670345482&sprefix=a+toolkit+for+teache%2Caps%2C6260&sr=8-1

We really hope this book makes a difference 🙏.
Please share far and wide ❤️.
The beauty of this book 📖 is that has been designed with young people.
All money raised will go back into the multi-schools council 👍.

Happy 😊 reading 📚.

We absolutely loved supporting the The multi-schools council talent show on Saturday. The acts were fantastic and showed such bravery! Make sure you pop onto their page to see some of the incredibly, talented participants.

I am so very proud to announce that this book will be available very soon! Kierran and the The multi-schools council have done a fantastic job in bringing together a book which includes an incredible amount of tools and ideas for teaching children with SEN. An essential for any teacher! I felt very honoured to help bring this book together. Watch this space for further information on when it goes live.

VERY VERY EXCITED 😊 🤗 🤪

We have written a book 📖. Many hours of work to get our book together ❤️ but we have a test copy here!

'A toolkit for teachers: Autism, ADHD and mental health' is not yet live. We have a few minor changes but we will let you all know when it goes on sale!

It's been a massive effort by all those around us, especially JaJaJa Books 📚 who have spent hours with us. Looking forward to getting this out to you all!

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Exciting times! We are working on a new book with an expected launch at the beginning of next year. It’s a short, funny, diary style book aimed at 8-12 year olds with a theme of saving money. BootzMama has designed two sketches for the front cover but we are not sure if colour or pen style is best. What do you think?? (Ignore the titles for now!!)

Is it too early for the C word….

What a spooky book! https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-10-28/rare-book-laced-with-deadly-poison-found-in-library?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR08P7jxYvbUfHt8xquzSGe8h6Mo-qBjIlB1QgxQYUBbAXkVfoUSLoa8isQ =1666951657

Rare book laced with deadly poison found in library | ITV News The toxic book was discovered by librarians in Leeds Central Library. | ITV News Calendar

It’s national badger day! Why not pop over to the Mr Lumpy & Friends. website and see the beautifully illustrated stories we helped to write. The latest one ‘Mr Lumpy Saves the Day’ is all about fireworks night and the importance of checking your bonfires for sleeping hedgehogs!

His wonderful is this 🥰Our book being used for world book week in Australia!

Well the Nut Fairy has a twin 😍
This is Paige who’s nearly two dressed as the Nut Fairy for book week in Australia, doesn’t she look adorable with her Mr Lumpy toy and her Snowdrop Arrives book. Thank you to Valerie Hanley for sending me this picture of her Granddaughter It’s made me smile and made my day 👏🦡🐾🐾❤️
I Love the fact that children can follow Mr Lumpy & Friends, a fun way of learning about wildlife 🙏

It was very cool to hear Greg James on radio 1 mention Mr Lumpy AGAIN! He’s really in love with him. Find our stories about Mr Lumpy and friends here https://www.mrlumpyandfriends.com/product-page/snowdrop-arrives

As an author, I love to read books with my 8 year old daughter. She still sometimes enjoys me reading a page or two to her which I know I’ll miss when it stops. I was very intrigued however by this Famous 5 book that she brought home from school. As a child with an active imagination, I was particularly pleased about her reading the chapter - ‘a face at the window’ 🤣🤣Thoughts and comments please on the below!

It’s so lovely to find other people using ‘Ranvir Cannot Hear’ for story times. Look at Nanny Kimbo on YouTube saying such lovely things about the book!

Nanny Kimbo reads Ranvir Cannot Hear A reading of Ranvir Cannot Hear from Nanny Kmbo

A great memory popped up today. Mother dear helping me when I did a publicity stunt for EasyJet at Stansted! These small bilingual books, perfect for holidays, are all available on Amazon!

A great throwback photo to our launch of the book ‘Sam and the Spider’ with the The multi-schools council Vicky signed the book for us in BSL and Jon from the zoo even brought a tarantula along for the children to see! It was such a good day.

Grab a cup of tea and have a chat with a Human Book this Saturday at the Mercury Theatre! Join me (and read me!) at the Human Library from 2-6pm (in the upstairs bar) as part of Essex Book Festival 📚☕️So excited to be part of this!

Now reduced to £9.99!