Our new book: 'Inside a Beehive'

After all the hard work from Holly, and our translators Audrey and Laura, this book went to the printers (yes brilliant for full colour, here in the UK ) last week. We are expecting the copies in the next couple of days. Well done everyone .......... and can't wait!

PS Have you been keeping an eye on our special offers each month? Watch out for the special offer in May 2010 for this book.

Alex and Friends for the Interactive Whiteboard: Promethean Accreditation

Our English version of Alex and Friends, for the Interactive Whiteboard, has achieved 'Powered' accreditation from Promethean Planet.

To find out more about this exciting tool for literacy in the classroom, visit our website. Enjoy, it's fun - the best way to learn!

Alex and Friends for the Whiteboard

The 'Alex and Friends' story, pictures, text, spoken story in English, with some activities too, will be available early February 2010 for the Whiteboard. You'll be able to order direct from our website. Our February special offer will be available alongside orders for the Whiteboard.

Coming soon .........

Starting in January on our 'Alex and Friends' website there will be a FREE downloadable activity for children plus a special offer on our goodies each month for the whole of 2010.

Merry Christmas!

The Christmas picture is from one of our Christmas cards which you can buy from our website. Good quality, reasonably priced, A5 cards, with envelopes, and the Christmas greeting in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Russian. Plus a 'Spot the Difference' picture on the back.

The National Honey Show

Thanks partly to an upsurgence in interest in beekeeping, The National Honey Show was a great success, with good attendance both from experienced beekeepers, and newcomers.

The standard of entries of honey, wax, mead, cakes, art and crafts was sky high; the trade exhibition hall was buzzing; and the London & Surrey Beekeepers' display with its observation hive in the Green Room was constantly packed with interested visitors.

One of our exhibitors hosted a visit from the High Commissioner from Mauritius; we also had Sky Channel 813 filming and interviewing people (including my Dad) and The Food Programme came along to make a programme about honey, which will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Sunday 8 November at 12.30, repeated at 4pm Monday, or you can listen again on the BBC iplayer. Don't miss it, or you'll have to wait another whole year for the next National Honey Show.

Zazzle

Zazzle, Vistaprint and Lulu are such a major help to small outfits, enabling small quantities of promotional items to be ordered at a sensible cost.

Having just discovered Zazzle, we can now offer the Dragon/Wolf mug for sale without the outlay and storage for a minimum order of 1,000. To say nothing of the invoicing and postage. Check it out, and design your own coffee mugs, T shirts and mouse mats!

Dragon Mug at Zazzle