I’ve never forgotten a story my mother read to us when were kids, but my mother and brother don’t remember it at all. Help me identify it.
My son the stranger
Watching my son playing a match that night felt like watching a stranger…
Return to the haunted house
I find the haunted house from my childhood and remember how we’d all been too scared to enter it, except for Anna…
The DM’terview: The Children’s Fiction Champion
Sarah Webb, award-winning author, educator, event curator and so much more does a DM chat on how she manages to do it all and why she champions children’s fiction!
The DM’Terview: Super help for kids coping with the Pandemic!
Emma Cahill, Irish author and primary school teacher, discusses her ‘Under the Mask’ books that help children cope with difficult emotions including during the pandemic!
DM’terview with Pádraig Kenny: Writers & their audience
Pádraig Kenny, kidlit author, does a DM chat about writing for readers, holding onto a child’s openness, and monster metaphors.
Goddamn it, I love my kids
Every time we get angry at our kids, what we really want to shout is, ‘Why are you making me feel like this? I hate feeling like this!’
BOOK-SPOILED: Asha & the Spirit Bird
In a spoiler filled interview, author Jasbinder Bilan’s opens up on her creative choices writing Asha & the Spirit Bird…
Look a little closer: the secret world of Lego & our children’s imaginations
My son said he’d make Lego creations for this blogpost, but I never expected what he would make…
An open letter to the neighbour who cut down our children’s swings
Here’s what I’d like to say to the neighbour who cut down the swings my children and their friends played on….