Based on the true story of "Bruce the cat", Katheryn Van Beek's 'Bruce finds a home' tells the story of Kate who finds a kitten and goes in search of his home and a name. The book is illustrated beautifully by Katheryn and the story is super cute and relatable to young children. A little bit of back story This has been Kathryn's labour of love that I have followed from the very beginning. And when I say beginning... I mean beginning... right back when Katheryn posted a panicked post on her own Facebook page about finding a dropper suitable to feed the abandoned kitten she had rescued. When she and her husband hand fed the mini ball of fluff with a dropper every 2 hours, till he was stronger.
When my child was diagnosed with an allergy at around 3 years old, it was a long and annoying journey of trial and error, prick tests and blood tests, but we nailed it down to a bug… a crushed-up bug… that seems to be in everything from lollies to biscuits, from paints to playdough. It is used as a colouring and it was difficult trying to find out the exact ingredient, but we are glad to finally know what it is and to eliminate the vomiting, eczema, hives and emergency A&E visits from our daily lives. When I joined a Facebook allergy group I was amazed at how little I knew about different types of allergies and reactions. It was certainly an eye opener… and I truly felt like a dummy. In a lo
