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24 March 2014

Hot looks for Winter 2014

This winter's styles are bright and beautiful. With a range of fabrics from the soft and sheer, through to the warmest wool and cord. A number of brands have gone for strong primary colours - particularly red for girls and green for boys (the Milky puffer vest springs to mind).

Milky - green puffer vest


Boys' zip up hoodies in various weights are popular, with navy being the colour of the season. These can be worn with a range of bottoms - from track pants, to jeans, right through to stylish twill pants. New York designers Andy & Evan have provided a great range for this winter and and Purebaby have some fabulous choices. Fox & Finch have given us some fun tees, sticking with that perennial boys' favourite theme of dinosaurs, while their baby range, Bebe by Minihaha as always, incorporate practicality into each design. This is especially noticeable in their range of boys' pants.

Andy & Evan - blue zip up with hood


The girls'dresses feature lots of bold colours, with stripes and spots being used to good effect. Cardigans and vests add some weight for the cooler days and leggings are really coming in to their own - moving from a garment to cover the legs to a fashion statement in their own right. Paper Wings, and their baby range, Little Wings always do this well and each garment is a whimsical creation which can be worn with almost anything - limited only by your imagination! One Red Fly offer a range of stylish and sophisticated pieces for older girls and Fox & Finch have, among other things, come up with the chic fake fur vest which can be worn over almost anything. Fabrik have utilised stars and spots in their designs, which this season are more edgy and less vintage-inspired.
Fabrik - confetti dress


There are lots of beautiful muted colours for babies, with white and grey combining with baby pink and soft blue. Wilson & Frenchy, a new brand to nestling, do this well as do Purebaby, who also incorporate bright pinks and reds in their designs. Taking the lead in the colourful stakes is Hootkid with bright, multi-coloured stripes, stars, hearts and more. 
Hootkid - Hand on your heart dress


Huckleberry Lane sleepwear incorporates a bit of everything - navy, pink, red, spots and stripes. But not all in the one garment!

Another new brand to nestling, Cable Baby will be in store very soon and we are looking forward to seeing their baby jumpers and leggings. Also due to arrive any day are our range of Acorn hats and beanies. So rug up and enjoy the rapidly approaching cooler weather.

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The team at nestling.

10 March 2014

Ten children's book suggestions by age



Reading, and being read to, are such important building blocks for children's education and learning. So, for your reading pleasure (and that of your nestlings) we have compiled a list of some of our favourite stories for each stage of your child's development. We hope you get hours of pleasure from these suggestions.

Babies & toddlers

Each Peach Pear Plum - Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Guess How Much I Love You - Sam McBratney
Where's Spot? - Eric Hill
Maisy's Bedtime - Lucy Cousins
Can't you Sleep, Little Bear? - Martin Waddell
There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake - Hazel Edwards
Rumble in the Jungle - Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz
Where is the Green Sheep? - Mem Fox & Judy Horacek
The Cat in the Hat - Dr Seuss
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle


Preschool - young readers

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy - Lynley Dodd
The Tiger who came to Tea - Judith Kerr
Lost and Found - Oliver Jeffers
Stick Man - Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog (Charlie & Lola) - Lauren Child
Meg and Mog - Helen Nicoll & Jan Pienkowski
Mr Men and Little Miss stories - Roger Hargreaves
Knuffle Bunny - Mo Willems
Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
One Snowy Night - Nick Parks


Older readers

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
Alice Miranda at School - Jacqueline Harvey
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling
Sophie the Awesome - Lara Bergen
Beware of the Storybook Wolves - Lauren Child
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia - C S Lewis
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Happy reading!

The team at nestling.