Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins, 101 Great Ways to Sew a Metre
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I let the wife fill out the dad and daughter used book discount bonanza with a few generic craft and recipe books from the limited selection, because that's the kind of amazing husband I am. A full-time mum isn't going to have the chance to indulge in hobbies any time soon, but this has turned out to be one of the toddler's favourite books to flick through tirelessly looking for the elusive photos of girls, pets and teddies amid all the diagrams. Kids are weird.
1991 / Hardback / 576 pages / UK
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I'm going to try to be more of an outdoors dad than I was an outdoor kid (not the greatest challenge), as much as work and not having a car allow, and I thought it would be nice to learn these things together. She prefers watching wildlife videos intended for cats, but this is usually a reasonable substitute. I enjoyed the League of Gentlemen reference too.
2007 / Paperback / 256 pages / UK
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A more specialised take on the same theme, since she's always on the lookout for 'doo-doos,' this has the advantage of actual photos. We like the owls particularly.
2012 / Hardback / 144 pages / UK
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There was no existing Peppa craze to satisfy, just my own satisfaction of scoring bumper omnibi for the same price as individual books. She didn't care about this book until she'd watched some clips, and it seems to be an acceptable substitute for now. I may end up tearing it apart.
1995 / Pop-up book / 12 pages
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Shameless propaganda. It's not all fun and games.
