Cringe Club is a book written as a series of text messages between three special friends as they suffer through the trials of starting secondary school! Author, Emily-Jane Clark, shares some insights into this book! Adding reluctant readers to Cringe Club by Emily-Jane Clark WITH reading for pleasure among children at an all-time low, […]
We were lucky enough to send some questions to creator of Tiger, Don’t Worry, Daishu Ma. The book and answers are just lovely. The relationship between Tiger and Mei is beautiful – what do you hope readers will take from reading their adventures? The beauty of a friendship is that your friend doesn’t have […]
It’s great to welcome Ross Welford to the blog sharing his thoughts on his tenth book published for children! The Unlikely Diary Of Prince Kal The Alien is my tenth book in as many years. (It sounds a lot but plenty of authors are more productive.) My first, Time Travelling With A Hamster, […]
We recently sent some questions to author Charissa Coulthard about her latest book with Sam Usher, Super Me. How did you find writing a second book? Was it more or less challenging than The Fun We Had? I definitely had second album syndrome with this book! We felt it would make sense to […]
We sent a few questions to author Becca Rogers about The Girl with Gills! The answers may just tempt you to buy the book! Tell us about The Girl with Gills and where the idea for this story came from. Living near a river, I often wonder what’s going on beneath the surface. I […]
Para Olympian Danielle Brown shares some insights into her career as an athlete and inspires young athletes to “Shoot for the Stars”! Shoot for the Stars Danielle Brown I started archery on my fifteenth birthday and fell in love with it instantly. It wasn’t because I was brilliant at it (I couldn’t hit […]
We always love sharing recommendations from authors about books they feel are important for our young readers! Author George Kirk shares books that represent neurodiversity for children. Neurodiverse Picture Books- Right Under Our Noses By George Kirk When I wrote my first draft of Bessie’s Bees, I didn’t know I was writing a […]
Author Clare Harlow shares some insights into her series, Tide Magic and her three incredible characters on the blog today! Three is the magic number: Clare Harlow talks about how Ista, Nat and Ruby – the trio of friends at the heart of the ‘Tidemagic’ series – came into being. We don’t need to […]
Andy Shepherd writes about the magic of sharing a story and shares some excellent book recommendations for our readers. The Magic of Sharing a Story – Andy Shepherd author of ‘The Wood Where Magic Grows’ and ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’ series I was seven years old when I really became a reader, […]
We are delighted to welcome Sumana Seeboruth to the blog to share insights into writing Board books for our youngest readers. Our World – England As a girl, I could sit for hours writing stories, imagining adventures for my characters to pursue. Back then, my […]
