I love owls. There’s just something about them that I find very calming. I had a lovely uncle who reminded me of an owl! He was married to my lovely Aunty Bea, and when I was a very small child I renamed her Aunty Wasp! I adored them both. To make housework interesting my aunty
It wasn’t until the eighteenth century, as the concept of childhood began to be understood, that children’s literature became a genre of its own. Until that time, literature wasn’t written specifically for children, but for both children and adults alike. I can only imagine how dull it must have been for children of the time!
Being a children’s author with an ethos of kindness, I can’t help but think about my school days, remembering a teacher I had who was, without exaggeration, cruel. It wouldn’t be allowed to happen today – a teacher hitting a child for no good reason, or hitting a child at all! And meted out humiliation
Welcome to Fish Face Publishing! Exciting times are ahead with the launch of my new series’ Mincemeat’s World of Adventures’. Meantime let me help with the stresses of lockdown and everybody being home, by taking the kids off your hands with my free online fun writing workshops for children aged 7 up. My workshop ‘HOW TO BUILD A STORY’ comes
One day the whole world shook because there was a new beginning. Galaxy World was being spawned. It was being spawned because the earth needed watching. The Queen of Galaxy Orange had a baby girl and named her Moon. On Moon’s 11th birthday she got a puppy and she named her Spacey. One week later
On an island called Dirty Docks there lived a talking shark called Stephen. He was very suave in his red sunglasses and he was able to travel on land on his skateboard, which has an ‘S’ for Stephen on it! Stephen had a big smile and he spoke with a deep, macho Australian accent! All
Winny the bunny lived in a cave. She had a pink bow near her ear. She liked to hop about looking for carrots, “Hippity hop, I love carrots”, she said.
To say we all lived and continue to live through such challenging times is an understatement. Being creatures who naturally crave contact with each other, lockdown brought to the fore mental health issues many of us were completely taken aback by. Feelings of isolation and uncertainty tested our sense of wellbeing and security in such
Curly the witch, who had one bushy eyebrow that looked like a caterpillar and black frizzy hair, lived in the enchanted forest made of sweeties. She had a candy cane walking stick, which she clasped her pointy fingernails around. Her nails were so pointy that she couldn’t clean them and therefore, they were always filthy!
A big thank you to all the children who enrolled in my online ‘How to Build a Story’ workshops! They proved huge fun, and for me, very rewarding. There is some super talent out there and it was so inspiring to see the children enjoying each workshop and looking forward to the following week, often