There is something about Beatrix Potter that reminds me of Jane Austen. Not that I knew her of course, um, well, I wish I did. She would tell me to get going with my ideas, put my thoughts down and see where my characters take me. She would also tell me, my imagination should roam…
Tag: Children’s Lit
Racing in the Rain, my life as a dog By Garth Stein – young adult version
I don’t know how Stein did it, but writing from a wise, sage like, almost human – dog’s point of view is so unbelievably believable that he had me sobbing and laughing simultaneously. When my daughter looked at me with her usual furrowed brow, not sure if I was losing it – I cried even…
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
I never thought I would be so taken with a children’s book after Harry Potter. I mean really, who can beat Potter? So here’s what’s interesting: whilst the Harry Potter books are a slow build up to an ultimate battle of all that is good vs. all that has gone wrong with an abandoned boy…
Meditating Mummy 