Usborne Blog

Usborne author Holly Baithe tackles the subject of online trolls and shares her top tips on how to deal with them.

Usborne's digital content guru Emma Baxter shares why it's never too early to introduce books to children to help them learn the alphabet.

Usborne's digital content guru Emma Baxter shares how important black and white books are for a baby's development

Usborne author Minna Lacey writes about some of the incredible facts she discovered while working on the Usborne children’s book Look Inside a Coral Reef, including the threat to their survival. But as she finds out, it’s not too late to save the coral reefs, as well as the millions of sea creatures that rely on them.

Usborne author Sam Taplin describes how sensory books with both touch and feel patches and sounds create a world of surprises for babies to explore. His new series of Don't Tickle! books have been specially created with babies and very young children in mind and are perfect for sensory play or tummy time, as well as snuggling up with at story time.

Now more than ever we need HOPE and ACTION. Trying to bring up kids in a world of uncertainty is tough, but the future is theirs and the best thing we can do as parents/carers/educators is to encourage, empower and enthuse them to play their own positive part.