Category: Reading and Literacy

  • Shirley Hughes Remembered

    I first met Shirley Hughes at the Society of Authors, Children’s Writer’s And Illustrators Group (CWIG) Summer Party, probably 1987. I had a book contract and so was allowed to apply for membership of the Society and was invited along to the party. I was very new to it all. Travelling up to town from…

  • Lamb Drover Jim – The Champion Sheepdog – Story for Children

    Jim the sheepdog has always dreamed of being a champion. But one day, when all the sheep escape, it takes all Jim’s skills to get them back in their field again! A delightful story for children set in the countryside, with a faithful sheepdog saving the village from being eaten out of house and home…

  • Victoria The Wednesday Market Bus – Story for children

    This is one of two books that were the very first that I was commissioned to write – originally for Blackie Books and Puffin paperback. Victoria may be a very old bus but she has always managed the journey to market every Wednesday. Then one day, as she is climbing the last hill into town,…