Give your gifts an extra flourish

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re planning to gift a book adding a pretty bookplate is the perfect finishing touch! Just in case you don’t know, a bookplate is simply a label you place in the front of all your books in your personal library. We’ve scoured the net to find […]

The ‘Best Mothers’ in modern popular literature

In honour of Mother’s Day we’ve put together a list of 5 of the best mothers in modern popular literature: Mrs Molly Weasley from the Harry Potter series: The loving mother hen of the Weasley clan is the epitome of the word “mum”.  Warm and welcoming, she envelopes the orphaned Harry into her brood with […]

Great books kids can gift to Mum

One of the greatest gifts children can give their mothers is their time, and what better way to do that than sharing a story together! Here’s some great titles kids can gift to Mum this Mother’s Day. For Small Kids: Spot Loves His Mum by Eric Hill:  Each spread in this brightly coloured board book shows […]

Happy Mothers Day!

QBD would like to thank everyone who entered our Mothers Day giveaway. We hope every Mum has a great day on Sunday. The winning entry was “She used to read Harry the Dirty Dog to us kids. When she was older & ill, we would read Harry Potter to her.” Other entries we liked… “The […]