'The Little Wooden Horse'

I've become very quiet here I know. We've had a wonderful summer, jam packed full of good sticks and fires and mud and ice cream an...

Three small summer treasures for you- We stopped actively accepting review copies some time ago,  I have to say it's just as well. Ot...

So, a very brilliant thing is Resonance FM's new monthly radio show; 'Down the Rabbit Hole'. Yesterday's programme was all ...

I've been LOUSY about reviewing picture books recently. Well I've been lousy about reviewing anything much- but picture books in pa...

Yesterday morning I was woken early on the day of the full moon by thunder and torrential rain. The three weeks of glorious and settled summ...

We're delighted this morning to be helping celebrate Little Tiger Press' Summer releases, on their 'Reading Rocks!' Blog T...

Apologies for the long delay ("Did you miss me? Did you miss me? Did you  miss me?" *leaps up and down like an excited puppy and l...

Apologies for Blog neglect. We had a death in the family in the form of my old and trusty Hewlett Packard computer. *please take a moment ...

The 'Dirty Bertie' books by Alan MacDonald and David Roberts are celebrating their 10th birthday this week and we're delighted t...

This is not a religious household. Aged around 5 Bill asked to go to church because he wanted to 'see what it was like'. I took him...

It's Christmas time! It's Christmas time! It's (almost nearly) Christmas time!! I really like Christmas. Can you tell? Would...

Hot on the heels of our SCOOP interview with the Fearsome Beastie back here. I am delighted to welcome the latest biographical subject of ...

Well no sooner have we started embracing the rain than it's gone. Tsk. Nothing but glorious sunshine today and forecast all week. sigh. ...

You know how I was going on and on in a dreary fashion about it raining a lot two months? Well guess what. IT'S STILL BLOOMIN' RAINI...