Tag: storytelling

  • 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…

  • New Mudpuddle Farm books by Michel Morpurgo have arrived

    Yay! My copies of the new Mudpuddle Farm books by Michael Morpurgo have arrived. They look just fab! See Haw Hooray is a pair of new stories in which there are major changes at Mudpuddle Farm. I can’t tell you more – you’ll have to read it! the six other titles in the series have…

  • Old jokes are still funny!

    Some old jokes are still funny. I’m currently working on updating the Christmas Stocking Joke Book, which was a number 3 best seller back in 1989 when it fist came out – beaten by Matilda and Prince Caspian! I now have the rights back and I’m updating it to bring out this Christmas – probably…