Author Michelle Robinson has written an exciting guest blog for us about “Anything is Possible” and just how that felt when she heard it as a child. She also highlights how imaginative that statement can be in stories! PLANET FOOTBALL by Michelle Robinson I still remember how enthralled I was when I first encountered […]
Happy Bookshop Day! Regardless of where you are in the UK, we hope that you are finding time to visit a local bookshop on this annual Bookshop Day! As readers, we know the value of browsing shelves looking for that next adventure, journey, biography or mystery needing to be solved and the joy that […]
As parents, educators and book loving adults, we all want to share this love and the joy of reading with children of all ages. The issue can sometimes come around to reading at home. Author Paul Westmoreland, shares some tips for encouraging reading at home. How to Encourage Children to Read at Home […]
We are always delighted when an opportunity to ask an author a few questions comes our way. Chris Vick kindly answered our questions about his latest book, The Last Whale. An environmentally themed book with inter-generational stories intertwined. What a tremendous book The Last Whale is. Can you tell our readers a bit about the story? […]
Each month we like to share a recommended list of books from a school librarian in the UK. This month, as it is October, we asked Helen Byles, librarian at The Oaks Primary School, Ipswich and Ipswich Children’s Book Group Member to curate a list of spooky reads for the darker and chillier evenings.
