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Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Historic beasts and where to find them by Ally Sherrick

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Since my first published children’s book, Black Powder , I have always included an heroic – and sometimes downright mischievous – animal sid...
Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Frank Hornby, toy inventor - by Susan Brownrigg

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  Meccano, Hornby Trains, Dinky Toys – these beloved classic toys were all the creation of one man – Frank Hornby! There is a bit of myste...
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Thursday, 14 September 2023

Scottish Standing Stones – Myths and Legends by Victoria Williamson

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I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of magical rings in natural environments. My interest might have been sparked by the strange ring ...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Six Things You Never Knew About the Great Fire of London by Catherine Randall

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Everyone knows about the Great Fire of London. When I go into Year 2 classes dressed as a bookseller from 1666, the children tend to know a...
Wednesday, 30 August 2023

The World's Deadliest Book, by Matthew Wainwright

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Throughout history there have been many dangerous books. Sometimes books are labelled as ‘dangerous’ because they contain ideas that the aut...
Wednesday, 23 August 2023

The Memory of Stones by Barbara Henderson

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Give me a stone castle and I’m happy! When I moved to Scotland in 1991, I was smitten with stone. It stirred something in me – the hulk...
Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Far from Home: Civilian Internment in the First World War by Ally Sherrick

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Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Britain's Brown Babies: The True Story Behind Fablehouse by E. L. Norry

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Although Fablehouse is a book for 8 to 13-year-olds in the genre of magical adventure, with elements of Arthurian myth and legend, much of t...
Thursday, 29 June 2023

The History of soap - from Mesopotamia to Port Sunlight by Susan Brownrigg

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Who discovered soap and when isn’t known, but 3,000 years ago the Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) were using a soap solution ma...