We’ve been very lucky this summer holiday to have collected many stories that will become part of our family folklore. New places we’ve fallen in love with (our allotment!), new things we’ve tried (hooray! M now eats those exotic food … Continued
Yesterday Ali of Fantastic Reads very kindly and engagingly interviewed Frances Hardinge, 2006 winner of the Branford Boase award and finalist in the 2010 School Library Journal Battle of the Kids’ Books. Although I didn’t manage to meet with Ali … Continued
I can’t believe that this time next week I’ll be heading home from the Just So Festival, a family arts festival with lots for fans children’s literature. In my last preparatory post as the festival’s Kidlit Correspondent I’m really very … Continued