Category: Drawing
Babies, Kid’s Book Inspiration and Abba!
We took last week off for visiting, mostly to see my new granddaughter, who has got me thinking about how kids not only read books but inspire them with the things they do. That seems to link with the book I’m listening to at the moment – Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What…
Are YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels Harmful to Mental Health?
The evidence is growing and becoming clearer that short-form video – Reels, YouTube Shorts and TikTok etc – are harming the mental health of children and rewiring growing minds in a way that I think will have dramatic consequences in a few years time. I for one will not make and new short-form videos. Certainly…
What’s been inspiring me? Diary of a Children’s Author
Watching Starship 3 launch to an amazingly successful mission, bings closer the future I imagine in my trilogy, Generation Moon https://amzn.to/43iB6RD I met with a class of 11 year olds recently and was surprised by the excitement they felt at the prospect of becoming inhabitants of the Moon, and for space travel generally. There are…