My last blog I chatted about covid vaccines for children so now on a lighter subject, back to literature. I am thrilled to announce that another picture book in the Rianbo’s Travels range has just returned from the printers. The official launch date is yet to be released but as the title is, Rianbo goes… Read more »
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Rianbo’s Travels
I just love the Rianbo’s Travels series – and just to confirm – the three new titles will be available for World Book Day this year. UK World Book Day 7th March 2019. So we now have; Rianbo’s Travels. Rianbo goes to Mexico. Rianbo goes to New York. Rianbo goes to Beijing. Rianbo goes to… Read more »
School visits 2019
Looking forward to 2019 and working with Authors Abroad on the Able Writers’ Programme once again. Yes, I have recently decided to do some more school visits. I certainly don’t do as many as I used to, but it’s always a great joy visiting different schools and delivering my own creative writing workshop. Remembering that… Read more »
Rianbo out and about
Me and my doll will travel! Recently, I have had the opportunity to visit the most amazing Spanish city – Seville. Will tell you more about that in my next blog. Meanwhile, this was followed by another quick visit to London to the Society of Women Writer’s and Journalists Autumn meeting. I don’t know who… Read more »
Tell a story and don’t grouch!
Sorry but I will grouch! As we herald towards World Book Day celebrated in the UK on 1st March, I am thinking of a few comments I have received this last couple of weeks on my picture book range – Rianbo’s Travels. By the way, World Book day is celebrated on 23rd April in Spain…. Read more »
Edit, edit, then edit again!
Writing is so time consuming. Unless you are a writer you probably take it for granted, read a story or article, and don’t stop to think just how many hours actually went into producing your entertainment. Imagination and creativity are a wonderful thing, but when your writing is based on fact more often time is… Read more »
Managing behaviour
Today I walked through the nursery to see – as I often do – one young child very proudly wearing his Superstar Medal. Later I collected my own little granddaughter from her reception class adorned with good behaviour stickers and boasting a very bright certificate for helping the teacher. Even grown-ups welcome a pat on… Read more »
Time flies!
It’s rapidly coming to the end of 2016 and once again I find it quite daunting as I am faced with the fact that another year has gone by. Did I achieve everything that I had hoped this past year? Well the answer is clearly no. Then I suppose I could argue there are still… Read more »
Story time
Let’s start with the young child and the picture book which is actually critical in the role of a child’s development. Books are so precious and in many ways provide a looking glass for the young child into the big wide world. They act as a barometer for the times in which we live and… Read more »
Book review
I have recently released the first 4 picture books in my new series – Rianbo’s Travels, of which I have been very excited, shortly to be followed by the release of an e book by my lovely friend Sarah Tun. So whilst planning another of Rianbo’s Travels I have taken some time out to post… Read more »