The Girl who Planted Trees has WON the Teach Early Years Award, 2022 for Best Picture Book!

I’m absolutely thrilled with this win, particularly because this book was a total labour of love. I'm so grateful to the team at Nosy Crow for having the vision to help turn my initial ideas into something wonderful!

I'm delighted to announce that The Girl who Planted Trees has been shortlisted for the Teach Early Years Award, 2022!

Winners will be announced in November, 2022. Watch this space!

You can download all sorts of activities from my website. They’re totally FREE and come to you as a zipped-up file of printable pages.

Today I’ve added some BRAND NEW ACTIVITIES to help you enjoy Albie’s latest adventure - How to Track a Sabre Toothed Tiger.

I was lucky enough to be interviewed by the lovely Sarah Seaman at Muddy Puddles for her fabulous podcast.

Click through to find out how to listen!

Want to know what inspired me to write this book? Here’s an interview I did for the lovely people at The Reading Zone. Head over to their website to watch a video I made about the ideas behind the book!

The wonderful people at The Reading Zone asked me to tell them a little bit about how I came to write Thank You for the Little Things. Here’s what I told them….

March 3rd is World Book Day, so I’ve put together a few thoughts on books, reading and becoming an author!

Find out which book I recommend EVERY family should read, find out what it takes to become an AUTHOR and discover how YOU can get involved!

It's Children's Mental Health Week so here's a little game you can play at home to help remind everyone that there is lots to be thankful in our lives!

Here’s a little GRATITUDE GAME you can play with your family and friends to help YOU feel THANKFUL!

I’ve been working hard on my social media skills… do pop over to Instagram and tell me what you think!

Welcome to my BRAND NEW Website!

I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book with the superb illustrative talent that is Zachariah OHora.

Meet Sonny, Honey, Meemo and Boo and discover a pre-school world full of emotion and fun!

Imagining History provides award-winning, educational, history workshops for primary schools. Their interactive sessions combine role-play, storytelling, demonstrations and drama and performance to bring history to life for your students.

Fancy winning yourself a SIGNED HARDBACK copy of Meet the Oceans?

Just download a copy of this FAB colouring in activity created by @BethanWoollvin and post your finished piece to Twitter or Instagram as follows:

Meet the Oceans by me and Bethan Woollvin publishes TODAY!

To celebrate, Bethan and have interviewed each other about the creation of this book and our thoughts for the series.

I'm delighted to have been asked by the Federation of Children's Book Groups (FCBG) to write a blog post about Meet the Oceans, the second book in my new series illustrated by the super awesome Bethan Woollvin.

For the past four years, I've been creating picture books with families in Tameside as part of the Storymakers project.

Working with illustrator Andy Rowland, we've created some great books that promote community cohesion, empathy and understanding.

Meet the Mini Monsters - four adorable characters who are learning valuable lessons about friendship and how to get along, in a pre-school setting. This new, character led-series is perfect for LITTLE pre-schoolers learning to deal with BIG emotions.

Let's dive through a world full of mystery

and go visit the OCEANS and SEAS

on a SUBMARINE epic adventure

All aboard - take your seats if you please!

I am so excited to announce the upcoming publication of MEET THE OCEANS - my new book with Bethan Woollvin, and published by Bloomsbury next spring!

Crammed with Arctic animals and with stunning scenery, this adventure story is perfect for little ones. And there's an gentle environmental message in there too.

I love writing in rhyme and have lots of books that are written in verse. Young children love rhyming stories and find them easier to learn by heart.

In this post, I'm going to tell you about my version of Peter Pan, illustrated by Sarah Warburton and published by Nosy Crow.