Welcome to London

Welcome to London – review and giveaway

I’ve been in love with our capital city since childhood.  Dad worked in the heart of the city at one time, and I loved exploring London on trips with my Auntie.  I’m not sure I could ever live there, but I never tire of visiting.  It’s a love I share with my 7 year old son, who always gets excited when we visit the big city.  Welcome to London is the kind of book that’s great as an introduction to our capital for younger children, but also as a discussion point for children my son’s age and beyond.

Welcome to London

The 60 page hardback picture book features 30 illustrations teaching children about the city and the people you might see on a visit.  We’ve been to London a number of times but none of us have seen a Pearly Queen yet – have you? We have however been to Trafalgar Square and Monkey knows all about Lord Nelson, he’s often wondered how many pigeons visit too.

Welcome to London

There are a couple of pages showing the different bridges across the river Thames which is quite fascinating as well as illustrations of the various trees you might find in Hyde Park. The pages featuring the art galleries have made me realise we haven’t taken Monkey to see any of the galleries in London yet. We’ve been past Harrods and Liberty on an open top bus tour, but I haven’t taken him inside.  Something else I need to remedy this summer I think.

A visit to Chinatown has been on our to do list for ages and Welcome to London has reminded us that we really do need to visit there too. Kew Gardens is somewhere we know and love and the book brought back memories for both of us as we looked through this book.

Welcome to London is a little different, I love the Marcos Farina illustrations and the fact that it doesn’t just show the best known sites of our city.  Priced at £10.99 I’ve included my Amazon Affiliate link below for your reference.

disclosure:  we were sent the item mentioned in exchange for an honest review.


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84 thoughts on “Welcome to London – review and giveaway

  1. My favourite is Big Ben – I always refer to the old clock as a ‘he’! A big Gentle Ben! I love Grandfather clocks and Big Ben is like a gigantic outdoor Grandfather clock!

  2. I love seeing the London Eye, probably because I want to go on it, but haven’t managed it yet!

  3. It’s been years since I last went to London.i think my favourite would have to be Buckingham Palace because it’s so impressive.

  4. After having worked in London for years I have to choose Victoria Train Station when I catch my train back home!!! Everything else is just normal to me

  5. I don’t think it counts as a landmark but I just love London Zoo. I remember going when I was young and being taken in by all the animals xx

  6. Big Ben. Iconic. Regularly seen on tv :- such as when news being introduced, and at New Year. New Year being a time when we are welcoming the start of a New Year, and wishing each other much Happiness etc in the coming year / future. Also keeps us accurate in regards to time.

  7. I love Big Ben because it is iconic. Everyone from far and wild recognise Big Ben

  8. I love the Tower of London – seeing all those tourists amazed by our history makes me so proud!

  9. Whenever i go to London i love to go to the Natural History Museum. It’s such a beautiful building and we all love the Dinosaur exhibits.

  10. Has to be Big Ben as i’ve seen it so many times on TV but when i seen it with my own eyes it was beautiful

  11. The tower of London. on our first ever London trip we stayed in an hotel overlooking it and it looked magnifient at night

  12. Has to be the London Eye.
    I told my husband we were expecting our baby girl when we were on it.

  13. The great Tower of London is ours took my 8yr old last year. Love hearing about the history of the place.

  14. My favourite London landmark is the Tower of London. It is a place so filled with history and atmosphere. I never, ever get bored of visiting and every time, it still fills me with awe.

  15. Big ben! when i think of London, Big ben is the first thing i think of, it just screams ‘London’

  16. I like Southward Cathedral and all that area as whilst I never lived their my family come from their originally so it’s like I’m walking in their footsteps.

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