Author: Sidra Ansari

  • Brand New Ladybird Books! 📕

    How fabulous that my actual Ladybird books will be out this month!! I’ve always dreamed of adding to my extensive Ladybird collection on my bookshelf. And this month, this dream will come trruuueeeee! I held them in my hands and they smell like actual Ladybird books which is so surreal!!!! (But also quite obvious 🤣🤣)…

  • Hay-On-Wye (Town of Books)

    We visited Hay-On-Wye, the town of books, a few weeks ago. It has over 20 bookshops and is also the site of the annual Hay Festival. It was every bit as wonderful as I thought it would be for a book-loving family like ourselves! It was especially awesome to pick up some vintage copies of…

  • I can’t explain how stunning north Devon was. Maybe this video captures the serenity and it’s stupendous charm? Or how about a few pics…? (What a blessing to go during a heatwave: a reminder that your prayers can be answered even though you were somehow too preoccupied to ask… An unexpected break is both a…

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  • Inspiration For an Eid Story

    When you capture the exact moment you realise you’re making memories forever! This moment has inspired one of the Eid stories in the Ladybird collection I was blessed to be able to write at the end of last year! Download it today and inspire your children to live their best Eid day! Buy it here!…

  • Ladybird Stories For Eid

  • It’s never too late to start writing!

    Hello!  Happy Wednesday!  Today I want to tell you it’s never to late to fulfil your dreams! If you want to do something, start today, plant a seed, make a list or make an intention! Take that first step and you’ll see how much easier it is to get where you need to be! If…

  • Oh my goodness! It’s my very first Insta Live!

    Thank you, Iram bint Safia, for inviting me onto your Instagram channel for my very first Instagram Live. I was nervous but you made me feel comfortable with your super kind words! Watch it here…🥰

  • First Prize for a Fantastic Cake!

    Ladies and gentlemen, my 8yo entered his first ever baking competition and (after 5 hours of back-breaking work with his sister’s supervision!!) he came out with this masterpiece!! (MashaAllah!!) Then won FIRST PRIZE!!!! It was so important for me that he did everything on his own, to truly experience the bliss of making something awesome…