Children’s books
♥︎made with love♥︎
Welcome to Mama Makes Books! We are a small, young, independent UK publisher that creates books for children, from newborns to 8-year-olds. Our books are made with love for our children and our planet. We hope you enjoy discovering them as much as we did making them.
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These Choose Your Mood Board Books are designed to help young children identify and express their emotions and feelings. HAPPY AS A LAMB focuses on emotions. BRAVE AS A LION focuses on feelings. Teresa Bellón’s animal characters brilliantly visualise each one to help children identify their own. The double-sided ‘You Choose’ puzzle pieces offer different ways for children to play with the book, and give grown-ups a tool to open conversations to foster good mental health through play.
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Choose Your Mood Board Books: Q&A with illustrator Teresa BellónNew List Item
Teresa tells Mama Makes Books about illustrating Happy as a Lamb and Brave as a Lion
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Start Small, Think Big: Q&A with author Mary Auld
Author Mary tells Mama Makes Books about the inspiration for our new life cycle picture book series Start Small, Think Big.
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Start Small, Think Big – Small, Speckled Egg: Q&A with illustrator Anna Terreros-Martin
Illustrator Anna tells Mama Makes Books about the inspiration for the artwork in Small, Speckled Egg
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Start Small, Think Big - Little, Brown Nut: Q&A with illustrator Dawn Cooper
Illustrator Dawn tells Mama Makes Books about the inspiration for the artwork for Little, Brown Nut.
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Celebrating the joy of mathematics
A guest blog post by That’s Mathematics author, Chris Smith, for Books for Topics about the book – how it came to be and how he hopes it will inspire children to enjoy maths.
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What is most important for kids’ happiness and health in adulthood?
For the past nine years, The Duchess of Cambridge and The Royal Foundation has been focused on early childhood, looking at how influences and experiences in the first few years of a child’s life go on to shape his or her future…
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Why tummy time is good for your baby
For the first few weeks of their lives, babies’ necks, arms and shoulders aren’t strong enough to hold their heads and themselves up independently. You’re encouraged to do tummy time with your baby, but what are the benefits …?
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What your baby can see
It is a common myth that newborn babies can only see in black and white. Scientists have proven they can see bright, saturated colours. Learn more about your baby’s vision and what they are hard-wired to respond to.
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Steps to becoming a carbon neutral company
As a graduate who specialised in sustainability in the fashion industry, Mama Makes Books asked me what measures they should take to start their business off on the right carbon footing. Here’s what I learned, and what I suggested…
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The Great Science Share Debate 2022
A truly remarkable thing happened on 14th June 2022 - as part of the Great Science Share for Schools,.over 160 children from eight local primaries came together to debate which is the most important animal of all, bringing the book to life.
Children’s books
♥︎made with care♥︎
What we do to care for children and for the planet…
We are committed to being a responsible and sustainable publisher who puts the wellbeing of children and the planet at the forefront of our business decisions, balancing purpose with profit.