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With kind permission of Penguin Books Ltd Art Meets Matter designer Tony Davis has created a unique collection of Penguin® porcelain mugs. Based on the classic book series designed by Edward Young in 1935 each design takes one title as its theme. Each design features variants on the evolving Penguin logo and the colours of the book jackets. These really lively mugs will brighten up even the most tired kitchen shelf. Fully dishwasher proof. 1/2 Pint.

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This thoughtful volume of inspirational quotations shares with you a collected wisdom on generosity, grace, forgiveness, faith, love, growth and change. Beautiful calligraphy and floral images throughout.

Welcome to the Little Affirmations Range. This gorgeous set is themed around happiness. Each set contains 24 cards with a positive message. These colourful gift sets filled with inspiration are perfect daily reminders. Keep them on your desk or bedside table and choose a new quote for each day to bring positive suggestion into your world.

These 24 teachings from some wise cats may very possibly change your life. A set of 24 message cards with colourful, funky illustrations of cats are designed to uplift and enlighten. Draw guidance and wisdom by keeping one where you can see it. Messages include: True joy is serene Follow your bliss You will do foolish things but do them with enthusiasm Be entertaining, feel no guilt

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The world can be a funny old place at times. But hey, it's the only one we have. So we'd best put on our best smiles, and our best foot forward. In the time-honoured tradition of the black-and-white artist, Australian illustrator Kate Knapp throws light on some of life's dark dilemmas.

Welcome to the Little Affirmations Range. This set contains inspirational jewels of widom. Each set contains 24 cards with a positive message. These colourful gift sets filled with inspiration are perfect daily reminders. Keep them on your desk or bedside table and choose a new quote for each day to bring positive suggestion into your world.

The talking game that everyone's talking about. Turn off the screens and enjoy communication... The Art of Conversation Game (Children's Edition) is the perfect way for youngsters to become great communicators, learn about other people and better understand themselves - all as they enjoy great times and strengthen bonds with family and friends. Everyone wins! Talk, listen, and learn with this pack of 100 cards, each with two brilliant conversation builders. Instruction sheet included.

With 300 fascinating and conversation building questions, plus blank cards on which to write your own questions, this game is for everyone. The only knowledge needed to successfully contribute to The Art of Conversation is your own life experiences, interests and ideas. When time is short, a proper conversation is often the first commodity to be cut from our to-do lists. Yet it is necessary to understand each other and build our relationships. As well as helping people learn how to talk, The Art of Conversation places equal emp... read more

24 messages to keep you on the right track!
This boxed set of cards Up the Garden Path are  illustrated by Kate Knapp from the Twigseeds studio.

Women of Letters, a series of events curated by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, was designed in part to revive the lost art of letter writing and in part to highlight a diverse range of female talent. The events raise money for Edgar's Mission (the Victorian animal rescue shelter). Each event has a theme (To My Nemesis, To My First Boss, To the Night I'd Rather Forget), and about five writers write letters on this theme. Over the past year, they've built up an impressive list of contributors, including Judith Lucy, Helen Razer,... read more

Music depresses me. Dancing distresses me. Everything turns out wrong. That's why, the whole day long, I feel so gloomy. Inspired by Ludwig Bechstein's nineteenth-century poem, Axel Scheffler has created a set of delightfully dark depictions of misanthropic misery. Julia Donaldson, Axel's collaborator on "The Gruffalo", has penned a wry, witty new translation of the original German. The result is a triumph of negativity, in the macabre yet merry spirit of the late, great Edward Gorey. Superbly miserable, brilliantly curmudgeonly an... read more

Famed wildlife photographer Art Wolfe has chosen one hundred of his favorite photographs of dogs- including shots from every continent of the world - and teamed up with bestselling animal writer Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson to create a remarkable book that will be treasured by dog lovers far and wide. From Tibet to New York City, from Mongolia to Paris, Peru and Ghana - in fact everywhere on earth, we see dogs living with humans in a kind of intimacy not found with any other animal. It is impossible to view these astonishing photograp... read more

With kind permission of Penguin Books Ltd Art Meets Matter designer Tony Davis has created a unique collection of Penguin® porcelain mugs. Based on the classic book series designed by Edward Young in 1935 each design takes one title as its theme. Each design features variants on the evolving Penguin logo and the colours of the book jackets. These really lively mugs will brighten up even the most tired kitchen shelf. Fully dishwasher proof. 1/2 Pint.

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This Box of Birds a boxed set of affirmation cards with illustrations by Kate Knapp from the Twigseeds studio.
"Words have wings so speak good things."

Quotations designed to offer reflection on the many seasons of our lives.