The sun is shining and life seems to have slowed down a little, but there are a few news items.
Moira Butterfield's newest book, the Secret Life of Clouds, will be published July 31st. It's the last book in the Secret Life series, published by Quarto, and the series has sold in many languages around the world.
Another of Moira's books, Look What I Found By the River, published by Nosey Crow, has been long-listed for the prestigious Wainwright Prize for children's nature writing.
Check out Moira's website. https://moirabutterfield.co.uk/
Special congratulations to Teresa Heapy, whose first novel for children was published by David Fickling Books on July 3rd. It's illustrated by Adam Beer and is about the special bond Will has with his dog, Whisker - who turns into a wolf.
Check out Teresa's website for the full details. https://teresaheapy.co.uk/
And just look at this gorgeous cover!
Miriam Halahmy has been busy with events. During Empathy Week, June 9th-13th, she spoke to a massive 2,700 children in KS2 and KS3.
On June 10th, as part of Hillingdon Libraries Empathy Festival, she presented her book, Saving Hanno, to 1800 KS2 pupils and Always Here For You to 600 KS3 students over Teams, with PP slides and a brief writing exercise, which they all loved. "We created a new slide in each session, to share the writing," she said. (This is a great idea for online sessions, which are often hard to manage.)
On Thursday June 12th, she was guest author at Hounslow Libraries Book Prize presentation. "I had my own slot to talk about The Emergency Zoo and Saving Hanno, to 300 KS2 pupils and then I announced the winners. It was a fab week."
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