Category: young fiction
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Re-open, re-read, re-treasure
Once upon a time, I became a published author. – guest post by S P Moss The year was 2012 and it was all courtesy of Kay Green and her brainchild, Earlyworks Press. Or, more correctly, twin brainchildren as my first novel was published by Circaidy Gregory. [Earlyworks Press was for competition anthologies, club and…
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The kids already know about giants, unicorns, mermaids and dragons, but …
We all know some people are a whole lot more keen to tell their stories than others. All those big hairy mythical creatures – and even some watery ones – were eager to get into the pages of the story books… …but one little creature was better at listening than telling, and whilst you may…
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The value of difference
Differences can be so small you barely notice you are different, or they can be world-changingly enormous. Being a boy who is prone to suddenly changing shape –and colour – and catching flies with your tongue – is pretty enormous. At first glance, Chris Tennent’s Horace Burp stories are good, every day fun but I…
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Bother! Trouble!! Emergency!!!
S P Moss has a family background in the RAF, and loves classic children’s adventure stories every bit as much as classic cars, planes and kids’ books so, when she won the Earlyworks Press novels for children competition back in 2011, we knew we were in for some good, old fashioned fun. The Bother The…
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The Key to the World Beyond The Gate
There couldn’t possibly be another Timothy’s Gate novel, could there? I mean, in the first book, Timothy found the magical world of Challenrah behind a mysterious gate in the garden of the Grey Lady pub, near where he used to live – but now, he’s moved right across the world and will never see the…
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Have *you* ever heard of the Froggicorn?
Giants, unicorns, mermaids, dragons… They’re very famous, everyone knows what they are, even though (shh!) they may not quite… exactly… er… exist. But no-one has heard of the Froggicorn. Why is that, when the Ancient Teller of Stories thought the Froggicorn was The Loveliest Mythical Beast of them All? I read this every day for…
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