Micheal Morpugo | Myth Aunty

Aug 182 min read

Singing for Mrs.Pettigrew - A Gem of a Read

A review of a gem of a book. Read if you want to write, read if you are a teller of stories, read just because.

Oct 24, 20232 min read

The Kites are Flying...Hope in Palestine

The news of the horrors going on in Gaza at the moment had got me down. In the library I noticed that children were all picking up...

Aug 13, 20225 min read

Books,Libraries,Reading and Resistance

(This post first appeared on The Bookwallis Facebook page.) It was National Librarian's Day, yesterday 12th August. This is the first of...

Aug 1, 20228 min read

Music in Difficult times...a Reading Journey.

(This post was first written in two parts for The Bookswallis Facebook Page) Twenty years from now, if someone asks me about how I...

Mar 1, 20227 min read

Should Children Read Books about War?(part 1)

This post was originally written for The Bookwallis on Facebook, for the theme 'Voicing the silences in children's literature. Adults...