Tag Archives: Libraries
This week I will be mainly talking about libraries
In preparation for the big Read-Ins taking part in libraries threatened with closure up and down the country this Saturday I thought I’d republish this wonderful poem by Gwen Grant: MY LIBRARY HOME When they tell me to … Continue reading
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I remember libraries…
As you know, I’ve been blogging about libraries and how brilliant they are for ages (I am so on-trend!). So have many other children’s authors. Recently, though, I’ve noticed a sea-change. There is now an urgency to these blogs … Continue reading
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We’re all in this together
I was extremely flattered to have this poem sent to me by Gwen Grant. She wrote it in response to my blog on library cuts last week. Thank you so much, Gwen. Here it is: We’re all … Continue reading
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We’re all in this together
I was extremely flattered to have this poem sent to me by Gwen Grant. She wrote it in response to my blog on library cuts last week. Thank you so much, Gwen. Here it is: We’re all … Continue reading
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Why reading really matters and I’m not even kidding…
In case you can’t read the text on Posy Simmonds’ clever cartoon, the little girl is bringing her fellow train passengers up to speed with her Harry Potter book: ‘… but see, they aren’t really them…they’ve just changed into them, … Continue reading
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Why reading really matters and I’m not even kidding…
In case you can’t read the text on Posy Simmonds’ clever cartoon, the little girl is bringing her fellow train passengers up to speed with her Harry Potter book: ‘… but see, they aren’t really them…they’ve just changed into them, … Continue reading
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