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I have been thinking about the sea and the oceans a lot. This is because my next book is going to be RIDDLES FROM THE SEA. As well as having to get this together – for it was not at all together, and many if not most of the riddles were not even written –Continue reading “My Next Book and A Story from the Sea”

Here is a video that I recorded reading 2 new riddles that aren’t in my books. The answers appear at the bottom of this page in white so just highlight the text to find out what they are! I look forward to sharing more riddles with you soon.

Hello everyone! How are you?  For me, the month has rushed by. I have done a couple of virtual visits to schools. Not the same as a visit in person, and without the buzz of direct interaction, but the children seemed to like it!  I have some more visits planned after the School holidays. IContinue reading “April Update: School visits and new book and La Fontaine!”

Hello everyone! I’m so glad that so many of you are using the worksheet activities linked to my books. They are all available on this site and I should be adding more in the near future. If you have any feedback, please let me know via the contact form or via email. We have had aContinue reading “A Winter Story from the Auvergne”

Hello everyone, It has been a bit too wet in many places, and my heart goes out to those who have flooding and the cold to deal with, as well as COVID. I am sure you know this story, and it does have a happy ending. I hope you like my version (which has beenContinue reading “Noah’s Ark…”

Sometimes the differences between people and peoples are striking.  A French friend emailed me to congratulate me on some good news: then he went on to say that his favourite wild mushrooms were over, but he hoped that with the new moon, they would soon be plentiful again. No English friend of mine has everContinue reading “What going to School was like – a century ago”

Hello!  I hope you are well. It’s blog time. Last time I talked about dinosaurs. (The answer to the riddle was the diplodocus). As you know, many if not most of the dinosaurs were monstrous. Monsters and dragons figure in myths and legends from cultures all over the world. When I was a girl, IContinue reading “The Binding of the Wolf”

In some ways, it seems to me that Covid-19 is like a monster. Many of us are afraid of it and it has certainly changed our behaviour. A lot of us miss something from our previous lives, and some of us miss a lot of things. Do let me know if there is something youContinue reading “Something you don’t know about Snow White”

Hello!  I hope you’re out there, – it would be nice to hear from you. It is impossible not to think about Covid-19, which is why I put up lyrics about it last time. (Wish I could sing, but I can’t…) Dinosaurs are very much in my mind, because my new book, HERBIE AND THE T.Continue reading “A Dinosaur Riddle related to my book HERBIE AND THE T. REX”