Inspiring Young Readers

I have written elsewhere on this site about the fact that I was never much of a reader until my mid to late teens ...

A selection of recommended books for children that include stories about asylum seekers and refugees from around the world

When I was a little girl I used to love ‘playing shop’, organising my various fare and pretending that my toys were my ‘customers’.

People who know me well will not be surprised to hear that I am thoroughly enjoying every event that I do for The Letterpress Project.

This article first appeared in the Letterpress Project publication Roald Dahl: The Man Who Believed In Magic

I’d be willing to bet that any list of the twenty favourite children’s characters is likely to include Rupert Bear.

Around about this time of the year when I was a child I would be starting to anticipate the Christmas arrival of one or two comic annuals..

This article first appeared in the Letterpress Project publication Roald Dahl: The man Who Believed In Magic

This is less of an article of appreciation and more of an appeal for help.

I have been thinking about what makes some picture books more memorable than others ....