June 21, 2022 Visitor #55 has left the building It took fifteen years. This week, I gave back the badge that told people, 'I was once Visitor 55.' // read
January 24, 2020 National Trust: I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections) A nature poem for every day of the year. // read
February 11, 2019 Each Peach Pear Plum and the comfort of mum-hugs I threw out the old board books with their torn-off flaps and chewed corners... // read
January 17, 2019 Book review – The Only Child by Guojing Gorgeous illustrated, wordless children's book. 'I need another book now,' said my son, 'to read until my throat is OK.' // read
December 17, 2018 Moonpoop and friends: lost stories and childhood memories I grew up with her! // read
November 8, 2018 On reading with your own child in school Reading with your child in school can show you a very different reader. // read
October 7, 2018 Planning to read Romany and Raq with my children (wildlife and night walks) A series of wildlife books (and radio series) written and presented by the Rev. George Bramwell Evens (1884–1943). // read
January 4, 2017 On short stories in which nothing happens (writing with children) With short stories, is it OK if nothing happens? // read
September 27, 2016 After ten years of volunteering in school I'd rather yank out my own stitches than miss a chance to read with children, but I also need to belong. // read
September 7, 2016 Wild storytelling with Grendalilly and Two Shoes After days of trekking, paddling and swimming, when it was too dark to read and I was almost too tired to speak, I got the kids to flex their imaginations. // read
July 16, 2015 Books for children — which titles would you buy? What are your three favourite books for children aged 4-11? // read
August 11, 2014 Stories that I tell my children #1 The Bookcase and the Boy The story with no name that I promised my son. // read