![]() ![]() Morgan was a real cat who turned up at Faber and Faber some time in 1943. Many things in The Book Cat are definitely true and EVERYTHING in The Book Cat might be true. What research did you do when you were writing the book? They would say I am a very slow human sometimes – both at writing the right books and at getting their breakfast. There had to be a lot of sitting on the computer keyboard and deleting my words before I finally got the message and picked up Morgan’s story. But as I wrote about tapirs and ponies and dogs, I can’t deny that they got increasingly exasperated with me. ![]() They and their predecessor Jones have loyally helped me write many books. The inspiration behind The Book Cat were my very own Book Cats, Alan and Babs. ![]() What was the inspiration behind The Book Cat? Here author Polly Faber tells us all about what inspired the book and which illustrated chapter books for kids she recommends you read next. We love the historical setting and instantly fell in love with Morgan the Book Cat. It also makes a moving and carefully written introduction to the Blitz and the wider impact of war for readers aged 5+. The book we’ve sent our Parakeet subscribers this month is a charming and beautifully illustrated story perfect for young bookworms and animal-lovers alike. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Thanks for coming to this interview here today, Sam. I’m getting a thumbs up from the zoo keeper, who is nervously outside the glass looking at me and Sam Copeland. It’s a unique setting for an interview but then again I am speaking to the writer of a very unique book series – Sam Copeland, author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken.īefore we begin can I just confirm that this snake, called Huggy, has in fact been fed? It’s not very often that you get to conduct an interview while sitting in the reptile house of London zoo, and by that I mean sitting on a mossy rock, amid very humid conditions whilst a twenty-foot long boa constrictor sleeps under dripping ferns. ![]() He is also a literary agent and director at Rogers, Coleridge and White. Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex is the sequel. Charlie Changes Into a Chicken is his first book. He works as a chicken whisperer, travelling the world using his unique gift to tame wild chickens. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. ![]() National Emerging Writer Programme Overview. ![]() ![]() ![]() There is also much more to explore with Poppy’s new abilities which seem to only get stronger. The girl who had been trapped in a room for most of her life will now have to deal with a whole country that does not accept her yet. ![]() As an Atlantian rule, Poppy seems to be the next queen to be with Casteel by her side. The big reveal of Poppy’s lineage left all the readers shocked and it gives us clues of which direction Armentrout may take the last book. There are still so many mysteries left opened after the ending of A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. ![]() From Blood and Ash trilogy book covers / By Hang Le The loyalty of the fans made ‘From Blood and Ash’ rise since the very beginning in April 2020. Armentrout is well-known for her fantasy books. Both of the first books made it into the number 1 bestselling author list of The New York Times. The new adult fantasy comes to an end with ‘The Crown of Gilded Bones’, the third and last book which was published the 20 th of April. The last book from ‘From Blood and Ash’ trilogy is finally here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All the same, it is a nice, easy little read for an adult and I enjoyed it.It doesn't have a lot of depth, but I did think that it matched the idea of the worth of survial against the need to preserve technology that I found in Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. After finishing Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, I decided to stick with the end-of-the-world theme and give Scatterlings a go.First up, this is a children's book, probably aimed at preteens around 10 - 12 (although I have no experience with picking ages for books so don't take that as gospel). I discovered Isobelle Carmody through her Obernewtyn series, and as I always do with any author I like, I toddled off to check out her backlist.This post-apocalyptic tale was the one that interested me most (although I hope to try out her fantasy some time too) and when I saw the ebook on sale, I bought it, downloaded it and let it sit on my phone until I was ready to read it. ![]() |