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How Wet Can You Get?

Having dragged our wet, soggy bedraggled selves back onto dry land we loaded onto a jeep and were taken back to the rest of the walkways in Iguassu National Park. As the weather continued to be mixed we alternated between steaming slightly in the sun and adding yet more moisture…

What I’ve Learnt as an Indie Author

In September 2015, I became an author and published my first children’s picture book The Dragon of Allerton Oak. Since then, I’ve published several more books but more important have been the lessons learnt along the way. Here are my top five. Writing the book is the easy bit! Yes…

Shiver Me Timbers

It’s been a busy month for Lamby and the rest of the team. Earlier in the month we launched the latest Lamby book….Pirate Lamby and His Woolly Crew. This story features all of the team with Flossie, Alfie, Lily and Cordero all being very proud of their starring roles, especially…

We Have Lift Off!

We’ve had a busy few weeks in Lamby Towers. So busy that it’s taken me until now to write this blog. So here in brief is our news. 1. June 16th – Astronaut Lamby launched to coincide with the anniversary of the first female cosmonaut in space. Our launch event…

Slow Down For Bobby

I’ve been asked to write all kinds of commissioned stories from Healthy Eating to Mindfulness for children. I love all of the projects I am involved with. It’s so important to get it right so the client is happy with the end result. At the end of the day, they…

World Book Day (well Week)

I LOVE World Book Day! I loved it when I was a teacher and I love it even more now I’m a storyteller and writer.These days, the day has turned into a week as I find myself visiting a range of different schools to offer different activities to complement their…

Book Launch

It’s been a very busy time in Lamby Towers for the last few weeks. As well as storytelling throughout the summer I have also been preparing for the launch of my new children’s book The Dragon of Allerton Oak https://www.facebook.com/DragonofAllertonOak?fref=ts This has been a very exciting time as you can imagine.…

Treasure!

Last week, our Creative Writing Group ‘Little Yarns’ met for the first time in a couple of months and it was good to be back.For those of you not in the know, Little Yarns is a group of people who get together to share a passion for children’s literature. We…

Aspirations and Achievement

A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from a Primary School to ask if I would like to go and speak to the children. As part of their Aspirations and Achievement week, the children had been asked to suggest the kind of people and jobs they would…

Top Five Books For Under Fives!

I’ve been asked to write an article for an online magazine called Visit From the Stork http://www.visitfromthestork.co.uk/ This is a magazine specifically for young parents who are aged 25 and under. The article is about my top five favourite books for under fives.Reading to children is one of life’s simple pleasures so…

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