These are the ones that are just germs of ideas so far. They haven’t really started to sprout. But I want to add them in, because they might in the future. — Twelve magpies: another one that came from a blog post of mine. There’s the original rhyme about counting magpies – and one day …
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Picture Book Ideas Month: collecting
This is one I ‘read to myself in my head’ on the way to school pick up. Interestingly, it developed from more regular collecting of things to collecting that was a polite way of saying less friendly habits. I decided it needed a slightly more positive ending – and looked for some good habits to …
Picture Book Ideas Month: garden helpers
Next idea up: garden helpers. I realised that some of what I’ve written about on the blog before might be turned into a story – from a child’s perspective. This one happened to me. It was everyday and exciting, all rolled into one, and I’d like to hope that my garden helpers’ experiences were a …
Picture Book Ideas Month: Wellies
Time to begin. With the rain in various degrees of excitability tonight, this idea seems like a good place to start. Wellies. That’s the idea. A book about wellies. (Wellies, aka wellington boots, gum boots, rubber boots, call them what you will.) Wellies are such a familiar part of childhood. When I was little, wellies …
A new post a day challenge – and wimping out
So. This is what I’ve been avoiding writing about. Now I’ve limbered up a bit, it’s time to tell you about it. I had lots of intentions to spare you all the sometimes over-hectic posting that once a day can bring. I was going to do the sensible thing – plan the posts, store them …
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