We have a lovely guest blog today from author Kobina Commeh, about his book, Kwesi and Nana Ruby learn to swim. It tells where the idea for the story came from! Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim: From Water to Paper by Kobina Commeh My two heroes plopped into the deep end of […]
Phoebe Demeger is the Librarian at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) and she’s a judge on this year’s Branford Boase Award, which highlights the year’s outstanding debut novels for children and young people. She has also just joined the judging panel for the Little Rebels Prize and sits on the World Book […]
Calling All Young Writers! Enter the Stories for Change Competition! Guppy Books and the Federation of Children’s Book Groups are thrilled to announce Stories for Change – a short story competition for children aged 7-12, inspired by the themes of National Share a Story Month 2025 and Maggie Blue and the Lost Child by Anna […]
We are delighted to share a blog from Rose Lihou about her new book series, Tiny Dogs. Read on to discover where this all began. Finding Tiny Dogs The idea for the Tiny Dogs series started from a picture I drew during lockdown. I made a sketch of a child low down in the grass discovering some […]
