​AND NOW...
​THENEWS

I'm a more chuffed than something that chuffs for a living. BECAUSE... drum roll.... Jim Reaper and The Glove of Death has been picked as one of the year's top 50 children's books by the Children's Book Award peeps. ​I love them deeply.

If you haven't read it, yet, then why don't you..... It'll spook, thrill and amuse you beyond your wildest dreams. Is that going too far?...

For the full list click here: YAY BOOKS!

SNAIL OF THE WEEK

You know I love snails, right?
 ROBOTS! ROBOTS!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!

HEY, YOU LOT. YEAH, YOU - THE ONES I'VE TALKED TO IN SCHOOL HALLS AND CLASSROOMS. LISTEN UP! You may have thought I was being over-dramatic about the rise of the robots and how you, as brilliant humans, could combat them by arming yourself with literature... But just look at this. It's EXACTLY what I was warning you all about... Which goes to show that people who make things up sometimes know what they're talking about!

Read all about it here... ROBOTS READING BOOKS - NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING....

BITE-SIZE BOOKS

To set you on your journey to becoming fantastic humans, I've started a new page called Bite-Size Books where I'll list the books that I've recently read and really loved. There should be something to get your teeth stuck into. Unless you're a vampire, in which case you may be disappointed with the texture.  
take me to BITE-SIZE BOOKS!

SUMMER TERM
​                - A POEM

I’m going on hols in two weeks.
Woohoo, my cheeks
Hurt from grinning when I think about it.
Teacher says this summer he’ll propose.
To his girlfriend, I s’pose
(He talks about her every lesson, seriously).
Kevin brought in his hamster today
And Pam let it get away!
We looked for it all afternoon. Hilarious .
Tomorrow we’re going to bring
In games, toys - anything
We want, teacher says; I can’t wait.
Mum, you keep asking what we’re doing at school.
Not a lot – but it's cool;
Summer’s here and that’s pretty much it for work.

Find more poems here.
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WONDERFUL ARTICLE about STORY TELLING (I can help you with that)

WHY KIDS SHOULD WRITE STORIES... Those who have heard me talk will understand when I say TOLD YOU SO!