As a qualified teacher and a children’s author you would think that writing my own teacher’s notes for each of my books is second nature. Well yes and no. With my mind in many places
Tag: bereavement
Writing The Forever Kid
The Forever Kid is an important picture book narrative that deals with the issues of grief and remembrance. I got the idea for this book when I was thinking about my uncle who I never met. He died when he was a teenager before I was born. My father often spoke about him and described […]
In Loving Memory Of A Dear Friend
Adapted excerpt from a tribute to a dear friend who passed on five years ago today… …People missed her so much. They thought she had gone.Slowly they began to see that she had not completely gone – her ideas and her spirit were all around them.In the culture they loved – the songs and the […]