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These two books are for completely different readers but they do have something in common.  Can you spot what it is?      The incredible diversity of our natural world is at risk. Navaselva calls us to look at our world from the point of view of different wild animal characters. We become aware of their deeper ways of communicating and their challenges on a long journey to the cooler north. This ecological adventure, framed by our human narrator Jay Ro, brings to life the diverse beauty of nature and shows us the difficulties and fears she faces growing up in the 21st century. The Call of the Wild Valley , Georgina Wright’s first book in the Navaselva series, is a thought-provoking read for the young adult who is curious about our environment.     The finery of Christmas only lasts a short while. The excitement fades and the children lose interest in the little tree.   It now longs for the life it had before.    It realises that b...

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  Girl is dead. She knows she is dead because she remembers dying. The afterlife is not what she had expected – she has awoken into a nightmare, in which everything seems hell-bent on killing her all over again. She is the only one who remembers what life was like before death and she has no idea why. Also, Girl has a secret. A secret which could end this strange world she has found herself in, if she manages to survive for long enough. As she begins to learn the horrifying truth about Afterwards, she is propelled into a journey which will change everything she thinks she knows about herself. Grim in places, Karen Kendrick’s Afterwards is also fast-paced and emotionally challenging. The only way to beat the game is to keep moving forwards, even if it means the end of the world. Find ways of buying here Life goes on. There is renewal. Nature endures. This is a collection of challenging and thought-provoking stories. All stories have an everlasting message and these provide ones t...

  updated October 2024   The last thing most writers want to do is spend a lot of time on marketing. Yet books don't sell themselves by magic, no matter how good they are. Publishers do what they can but time and money is limited, and inevitably they have to move on to the next project. If you can adapt a few useful routines, especially ones you find palatable and fun, you'll hardly notice you're doing it. There are heaps of useful suggestions here and handy check lists to keep you on track. Find your copy here This step-by step guide for teachers and writers, and the photocopiable resource that goes with it, show you how to organise creative-writing workshops with a difference and with a very tangible end product. Your students can see their work turned into a real book that has a spine and can sit on a shelf, raising money for charity at the same time. Students will: •Improve their writing •Write with a purpose •Learn about commerce and enterprise •Engage with the loc...

  Here are a few questions to get your discussion going. 1.        Why do you think the author chose this title for this collection? 2.        How does the cover reflect the content? 3.        Why does the writer say ion the blurb that 'currents flow through and around us, powering our lonely orbits of life'.   4.        Do you have a favourite story in the collection?   Why is this so? 5.        Which story made you think the most? 6.        Would you recommend this collection to a friend – if so why and if not, why not? 7.        Steven John's writing career started in poetry. How do you think that enabled him to progress into flash fiction and then longer short fiction?     8.        What do you find are the...

  A huge number of people have been involved in putting this book together and it is impossible to mention them all by name. But I do want to thank Born Free for their tremendous help in collating all the facts and approving all the stories and organisations we have approached, particularly Lauren Smith for putting up with my continual bombardment of emails. And of course to Virginia McKenna for the foreword and for being so supportive of our efforts. Find your copy here Everyone remembers what they were doing when the shocking news broke: when Kennedy was shot, when Princess Diana died and when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Centre on 9/11. Yet everyday lives continued with their own ups and downs. This collection shows us some of those possible stories and how they are gently connected with the day's world shattering event. A percentage of the author royalties will be donated to International Rescue Training Centre Wales (IRTCW), who provide search and rescue dogs...