Tag: Reading

  • Learn to draw Cat and Dog – Big Cat Series

    I am so thrilled to finally have copies of How to Draw Cat and Dog. I’ve been using the Cat and Dog books in reception and nurseries for some time and I’m always amazed – sometimes almost moved to tears – by the quality of the drawing the very young children draw along with me.…

  • Hooray for the Summer Reading Challenge!

    I gather this year has been a good one for the Summer Reading Challenge, a scheme to keep children’s reading habits going over the long summer holiday. I don’t think that was ever a problem for me as a child – always happy to go to the library for another Enid Blyton – but I…

  • How to paint like Beatrix Potter – Mr Jeremy Fisher

    I think this must be my longest video ever! It’s a video of me trying to paint a page from The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter. I’ve not cut out a huge amount, maybe five minutes, so this is pretty much in real time. My first attempt went very wrong, because I…