Author Jennifer Classen shares some insights into her book, Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime! Greek myths just won’t die by Jennifer Classen I had the idea for the book which is now the snappily-titled ‘Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime’ on 1st September 2021. It is the first book of a trilogy and is […]
Shadow Thieves is to debut middle grade book from Peter Burns. He shares some insight into where it all began in our blog today! Ten years ago, I was on holiday in Highland Perthshire with my two oldest kids. We were staying in a cottage in the middle of nowhere, high on a hill surrounded […]
Today’s blog features a Q&A with Selina Brown, author of My Rice is Best, a colourful celebration of food and friendship! Can you tell us where the idea for this story came from? The idea for My Rice is Best! came from the playful, long-standing debate between Caribbeans and Africans about who makes the […]
We have a blog from Piers Torday all about his interest in wildlife throughout his life. Another perfect link to our National Share A Story Month theme! I grew up in the valleys and moors of rural Northumberland, and my own curiosity about the natural world was fostered by the classic children’s books I enjoyed […]
Maybe You Might: an interview with Imogen Foxell Maybe You Might, written by Imogen Foxell, illustrated by Anna Cunha and published by Lantana, is a lyrical and hopeful environmental fable that struck a chord with us as we were thinking about this year’s National Share a Story Month theme: Changing the World, One Book at […]
SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue by Paul Ian Cross SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue is a science-packed adventure chapter book featuring puzzles and experiments to try yourself. It is perfect for this year’s National Share-a-Story Month theme, Saving the World, One Book at a Time, as it includes environmental issues and how STEM can help […]
Barbara Henderson shares her thoughts on how books can change the world, a perfect link to National Share A Story Month. Changing the world, one book at a time. Reading is a form of activism. I make no apologies for this fairly sweeping statement – I believe it to be absolutely true. By turning the […]
In today’s blog, Catherine Bruton shares her inspiration for Bird Boy. This books reflects the theme of National Share A Story month brilliantly. “Tell children stories and let them tell their stories. Through stories children can start to heal.” My name is Catherine Bruton and when I’m not writing books for children, I’m also a […]
The theme of National Share a Story Month 2025 is about changing the world through nurturing a love of the environment whether close to home or further away. Watch Me Bloom by Krina Patel-Sage (from Lantana Publishing), seemed to sum that up; we loved the way that it illustrates how connection to the natural world […]
Author Rachel Keating shares a very personal blog with us today about her Grandad and the inspiration for The Bird Thief. ‘My favourite eldest Granddaughter.’ Didn’t matter if I was aged 6 or 36, if it was written on the back of a newspaper cutting about British songbirds sent in the post or spoken softly […]
