Woods in the Books Blog

Write a special message to your favourite teacher with one of Woods in the Books’ Surprise My Favourite Teacher postcards! Write your teacher's name and the address of your school in the address box Leave a message or a drawing to show WHY your teacher is the WORLD #1 Mail it out! Teachers who bring a stamped postcard from one of their students to Woods in the Books or Books Ahoy! will get a 10% discount on their next purchase. (Postcards are valid until 30 September, so get them posted as soon as possible!)  And if you finish your postcard at...

Calling dreamers big and small… Dream a little Dream Jar with us... We need YOU to help us find Dream Jars for THE BFG DREAM JAR CONTEST. In honour of The BFG’s arrival, Woods in the Books and Books Ahoy! are looking for dream jars filled with dreams, from golden phizzwizards to trogglehumpers and everything in between! Make and bring your Dream Jar to Woods in the Books or Books Ahoy! and we’ll give you a Golden Ticket for your Dream Jar. (Remember to use recycled materials and keep things eco-friendly!) The Golden Ticket will give you 20% off your...

To all the superheroes who came to help save the animals of the rainforest through the Be the Change! Make It Happen! Community Art Project, thank you! From the gentle orang-utan to the brilliant Alexandra Birdwing butterfly and the poisonous dart frogs of the rainforest, our poster-making superheroes cared about them all.

It’s World Environment Day! a day to #GoWildForLife and to talk about illegal trade in wildlife. Do you know about the pangolin? Did you know that the pangolin is the only mammal with scales? Did you know that the pangolin is the most hunted animal on earth today? Did you know its scales are an ingredient in Chinese medicine and its meat is eaten as an expensive and illegal delicacy? Did you know that more than one million pangolins have gone MISSING in the last 10 years? Learn more about the pangolin and other endangered rainforest animals at the Be...