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FROM WONDERLAND TO HOGWARTS: MY FICTIONAL BUCKET LIST

If you could jump inside one of your favourite book worlds where would you go? Who would you meet? What would you do?  If you’re like me then you probably have more than 10 things to put on this li ........

YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD BOOK CHARACTER.

One of the magical things about picture books and actually books in general, is when characters take hold of us and become more than simple creations on a page but actually become real and enter our ........

IS YOUR CHILD FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT RETURNING TO SCHOOL?

This week my fantastic Reception Class and I returned back to school after months of lockdown and home learning. Whilst there were children who bounced into the classroom, it was only natural that ........

WHAT SPARKED YOUR LOVE OF READING?

With the recent publication of Caught It, I began reflecting on the books that sparked my own love of reading. Straight away the books from my childhood spring to mind and, in particular my much-tr ........

PUTTING FICTION ON THE MAP

If there is one thing I am even more of a fan of than a children’s book, it is a children’s book with a map in it. I love nothing more than coming across one in the story I’m reading, but why are t ........