books for kids about families, friendship, feelings and funny stuff
I've been to Scotland lots, to go up mountains and gaze at lochs and eat tablet. But I'd never been to Edinburgh, which seemed silly. So I went. It's gorgeous, Edinburgh. Beautiful architecture, a castle, a socking great mountain in the middle of the city. It is also SCARY AS A SCARY THING. Sure, there's… Continue reading Edinburgh, City of Fear
On the heels of this week's other ten-year anniversary, I've been hesitating to share this - but real life's a disorderly thing. It goes on. So, ten years ago today, still shell-shocked by the news from the US of what wasn't yet called 9/11 (and reeling from 2 hours' sleep after a very delayed flight… Continue reading Ten Years Later
Honestly? I am almost as excited to unveil this little beauty as I would be about a new book. You see, there are loads of brilliant individual children's writer blogs out there. The Scattered Authors Society has been running a daily kidlit blog at An Awfully Big Blog Adventure for ages. There's Crime Central, an… Continue reading Girls Heart Books
