Raising boys for a more equal world
Sonshine is a quarterly magazine and social media profile founded by Kirstie Beaven. I take a positive slant on parenting sons, to create a better world for all our children. It’s full of positive advice & articles, PLUS a healthy dose of down to earth humour.
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Buy the latest issue
Join Sonny on a magical adventure as he opens a box of wonders and sets out to bring some magic back home. Packed with puzzles, word searches, number puzzles and all your child’s favourites from the Sonshine kids’ pages.
Perfect if you find your copy of Sonshine is always grabbed first by the kids to get to the fun pages, this action-packed adventure is great to dip in and out of, or to work all your way through all the puzzles and crack the final code.
What’s inside?
Sonny’s puzzling adventure to read and solve
Word searches
Sudoku
Colouring
Personality quizzes
Mazes
Search and Find
Issue 29 is all about looking at good relationships wherever they appear and what great models there are for our sons.
We wonder about the boom in romance books, and what that looks like for boys?
What are our children learning about all the types of love and how can we support them?
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Rules and Tools for Romance
In praise of Chicklit
LittleLouCooks family recipes
PLUS Friendship Fun kids' pages
Issue 28 is all about boys and bodies: from the power of movement for regulating all our nervous systems, to the impact of body image pressures on young men today and ultimately learning that it’s not about how you look, it’s how you feel.
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Is Muscle Mania Making our Boys Unhappy?
Keeping Kids’ Tempers on the Sports Pitch
Bodies: Strong Not Perfect
PLUS Summer Fun kids' pages, quizzes, colouring and puzzles
sale! 35% off back issues
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Subscriptions started ON or AFTER 20 July 2023 will receive Issue 21 as their first issue
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Stockists
Lovely independent shops globally stock Sonshine – so you might be able to nab a copy even if we sell out here. Please contact the stockists before you get there to check they have what you want!
If you run a shop and would like to chat about wholesale, please contact our distributors Ra & Olly
North America
Please order the magazine through our partner Next Gen Men and Voice Male based in Canada:
USA
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UK
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Magalleria
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Magazine Brighton Ltd
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Moo Like a Monkey
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The Stationery Cupboard
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Village Bookstore
1st Floor, 10-12 Thorntons Arcade, Leeds, LS1 6LQ
EU
London
Artwords - Broadway Market
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ArtWords - Rivington Street
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Brixton News
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Charlotte Street News
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Good News
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