Tag: picture books

  • Where ideas come from

    My Illustrator friend, Kate Sheppard, came round this week to show me the dummy of a picture book she’s been working on. It’s wonderful! But I would say that… is a synthesis of two ideas I played about with a while back. I couldn’t get the ideas to work because they obviously needed to come…

  • Simon James – Baby Brains

    One of the joys of my visit to Guernsey was to spend some time with Simon James, the picture book author and illustrator. I so rarely get to see what other authors do in the school sessions, so it was a treat to watch him in action at the Grammar School on Wednesday evening. He…

  • Five ways to improve your bedtime storytelling skills

    If you want your children to quieten down at bedtime, there are six little magic words that work almost every time. What are they? “Who wants to hear a story?” Simple, huh? Yes, it really is that simple. Your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews will all respond willingly. Children are hard-wired to snuggle up and…