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Thoughts on reading, SEN, and the writing life — for parents, teachers, and anyone who cares about getting the right book into the right hands.
10 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Book for a Struggling Reader
The questions I wish more parents had in their back pocket at the bookshop — drawn from twenty years of watching kids fall in and out of love with reading.
Read the post →Why I Left the Classroom (But Never Left Teaching)
On twenty years in special school education, and why Light and Shade Books had to happen sooner or later.
Coming soon →From Screenplay to Novel: Adapting Good Cooks, Bad Cooks
How a school-exchange screenplay became Taste Buddies — and what had to change to make it work on the page.
Coming soon →