


The Importance of Illustrations in Kid’s Story Books
The Role and Importance of Illustrations in Children’s Story Books It has become apparent to me, recently, that I’ve never talked about illustrations before, in this blog. I’ve a couple […]

5 More Children’s Books in the Public Domain
We are living hard, surreal times. I saw a meme recently with photos of blue overall-type fashion and the text: ‘Oh, good, they’re distributing our District Uniforms.’ It might be […]

First Chapter Books – A Maven and Perry Update
I had planned a whole other post for today. Something about body positivity in picture books and why it’s important, but with the lockdown, the virus, the conspiracy theories trying […]

Free Books for Children, Where to Find Them?
Easy Ways to Find Free Children’s Books Online Back in November, I wrote a post recommending some free books for children. The reason they were free, in this case, is […]

New Children’s Chapter Book – Updates on ‘Return to Windy Forest’
I’ve been working on the new Maven and Perry children’s chapter book since the beginning of February. The writing is going slow, mostly because I have other projects on the […]

Children’s Fictional Picture Books about Animals
As you probably know, it’s World Book Day on Thursday. I talked about it last week, including the books participating in the scheme this year (you can read the post […]

Diary of a Children’s Author #3
The way I am writing this children’s story is a bit of a slow process. For every chapter I write, I send the description of the images to my illustrator […]

World Book Day – 10 Animated Kids Books at £1
The 5th of March will be 2020’s World Book Day, and it’s a feature of the school year. What will our schools do for that day? I don’t know yet, […]

5 Picture Books about Kindness
Some stories make no sense. Some stories have to do with Dinosaurs wanting pants or dinosaurs that are also construction vehicle. Those books are great because they are a lot […]