Category: Reading and Literacy

  • My new Book Project – and what happened to the frogs in my pond?

    I am busy working hard on a new book called Pandora – I’ve been honing the story for years and now I’m finally making myself get on with it and I’m making the book. I’m going to launch on Kickstarter in the next couple of weeks. Join my mailing list to be the first to…

  • KickStarter Limited Edition coming soon.

    I may have been to your school and told you this story – I’ve been telling it, shaping it, re-writing it and honing it for far too long. I love telling this story – especially to the little ones, who are terrified! The adults love it too. Why haven’t I published it before? It’s the…

  • What is Empathy?

    With Empathy Day coming up on the 12th June, I’m having thoughts about what exactly empathy is. There is a kind of animal empathy which is the innate and learned understanding of facial expressions and body language. It’s an almost universal language. Innate animal empathy allows us to look at that smiley face above and…