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Miscellany

Here you can find bits and pieces that I've said on the internet, or that other people have said on the internet, or that tickled my fancy. Relevance not guaranteed
A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the list below. Y'all are smashing.

A delicious list:

Tutora's 90 best children's books of 2017. The Bookshop Girl (hurray!) and other goodies. Get stuck in:
https://tutora.co.uk/blog/the-90-best-children-s-books-of-2017


​Guest blog posts and interviews...

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​Blog posts about Erica's Elephant

  • Girls heart books ask me some really excellent questions about writing. I enjoyed this.

  • Tales of Yesterday ask me: What would I do if an elephant turned up on my doorstep?

  • An interview with the lovely folk of Powered by Reading

  • Serendipity Reviews ask me where I got the idea for Erica's Elephant. I talk about bannisters and hats a lot.

  • I do a Teens on Moon Lane 5-4-3-2-1 feature.

  • Big book little book interview me, and I talk about rhinos more than is reasonable

  • The Book Corner get an earful about the books that inspire me

  • The Dark Dictator asked for tips getting past a first draft. I gibber. (Spoiler: I HAVE NO IDEA).

  • Ashley King and I chat words and pictures with HelloPipski
     
  • Alice Winn interviews me for Words & Pictures
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  • Video interview - Comedian Chris Turner asks me some questions and then raps about it. As you do:
  •  Ashley King, Erica's fabulous illustrator, tells of his magic in Snuggling on the Sofa
  • 4 wonderful bloggers imagine the arrival of their own elephants: Faye Rogers in A Daydreamer's Thoughts; Sam  at The Book Corner; Linda in her Book Bag; and Sally of The Dark Dicator

The Bookshop Girl - fun stuff

Scholastic have been busily awesome, and produced THREE THRILLING THINGS:
  • Fun free resources to go with the book
  • A competition to find the best bookseller or librarian!
  • Videos of Ashley and me and some words we said
All here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-bookshop-girl


​Bits of string and ceiling wax

Guys I found this the other day and it made my year. Let's all raise awareness and #stopmisquotingpooh
http://poohmisquoted.weebly.com/
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    • Erica's Elephant
    • The Bookshop Girl
    • The Secret of the Night Train
    • Trouble in New York
    • A Sea of Stories
    • The MIdnight Thief
    • 44 Tiny Secrets
    • 44 Tiny Acrobats
    • 44 Tiny Chefs
  • Resources and activites
  • Mice!
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    • Workshops
  • Writers With Faces
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