As a children’s author, I’m often invited into schools, libraries and festivals to tell stories and share my book with children and often pa...

When you’re writing a picture book, have you ever considered whether your story is ‘plot driven’ or ‘character driven’? It’s quite possible ...

How much does it matter that children understand every word that we write in picture books?   One quick answer is that of course picture boo...

Following a recent Twitter thread, I decided to dedicate this post to successful query letters, in order to help aspiring creatives craft su...

My new book The Greatest Show is coming out imminently. It’s the story of life on Earth, performed by insects in a shoebox theatre. It’s d...