Category: Reading and Literacy

  • Denbighshire Libraries Book Week

    I had a wonderful time in Denbighshire last week, meeting old friends in the Libraries. I was reading my new book, Dragon Gold, to schools that came to see me in Denbigh, Ruthin and Rhyl Libraries. My trip also gave me the opportunity to pop into Ysgol Bro Cinmeirch, a Welsh Language medium school where…

  • What’s the point of Libraries in Secondary Schools?

    The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group has called, as a minimum, for every child in the UK to have a good library in their secondary school. It really does make you wonder how people are allowed to waste time and money coming up with such drivel. First, make sure there is a library in every…

  • Frankatstein – A Scaredy Cats Story

    As the full moon calls, each cat slinks through the shadows to where the storyteller waits. Will you stay in your warm, cosy bed? Or dare you go and join the Scaredy Cats? Click the video and watch the tale of Frankatstein, the mad professor who dices with death, and the cats who get caught…