Are you a member of your local library? We are and visit it loads (I can’t quite compute you being allowed 12 books out at a time – I’m pretty sure it was a measly three when I was growing up). Visiting the library was a childhood rite of passage that I loved and it’s…
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My lost love of reading books
Read moreWhen was the last time you read a book..? As in, a book, an actual book book, one that’s written and meant for grown-ups? And not a board book or fabric one or one with a cartoon character on it or in it or one that’s not 99% illustrations or the first in a series…
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An alternative reading list for two-year-olds
Read moreMy daughter loves books. Like most toddlers, she’s obsessed with Miffy, and tea-eating tigers, and bear hunts, and whatever mischief Alfie gets up to, and all the old favourites and newer versions and magical worlds that a good story can transport you to. She loves to read them all over and over, again and again,…
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So you want to write a children’s book…?
Read moreSo you want to write a children’s book? Here’s some great tips from published authors on writing and getting yourself a publishing deal. Tomorrow is World Book Day, as everyone who has seen my costume-related tweet from earlier will testify; Eliza only goes to nursery two days a week, so I had no idea they…
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