My Top 10 Animal Stories
Shadow by Michael Morpurgo Watership Down by Richard Adams The Sheep-pig by Dick King Smith (the movie Babe was based on this book) The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary Snake and Lizard by...
View ArticleReading Crusade Challenge – Week 4
Week 4 Challenge – History Try a historical story. There are a lot of historical stories set during or after wartime, like Rose for the Anzac Boys, The Silver Sword, or Goodnight Mister Tom. Some...
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View ArticleReading Crusade Challenge – Week 5
Week 5 Challenge – Scary Stories Try a scary story. There are stories about ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches and other monsters that lurk in the dark. Some of my favourite scary stories are the...
View ArticleA Fiendish Guest Post – Part 1
Where am I now? New Zealand? Excellent – I’ve always wanted to go to New Zealand. People tell me it’s a lot like Scotland, but with nicer weather. That sounds very tempting, what with the rain...
View ArticleA Fiendish Guest Post – Part 2
The first few books in my Invisible Fiends series are pretty scary, but it’s not until the fourth book that the frights go into overdrive. Book four features Doc Mortis, a deranged imaginary friend who...
View ArticleReading Crusade Challenge – Week 6
Week 6 Challenge – Graphic Novels Try a graphic novel, comic book or manga this week. There are lots of different ones to choose from, whether you like Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke, Avatar: The Last...
View ArticleGraphic novels – just another way to tell a story
My name is Garen Ewing and I’m the author and artist for a graphic novel called The Rainbow Orchid. Graphic novel? What’s that? Put simply, a graphic novel is a term used for a comic (as in ‘comic...
View Article‘How to make a graphic novel’ with Garen Ewing
Hi again! Yesterday I told you a little about my comic, The Rainbow Orchid, and why I love comics. One question I get asked a lot is ‘how do you make a comic?’ You could ask almost any comic creator...
View ArticleThe BEST school holiday ideas
Yay – holidays! The only problem with the holidays is figuring out what to do, so we’re here to help fight boredom with the BIGGEST list of ideas. You can help us add to the list as well by telling us...
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