Category: design

Chicken Newspaper Summer 2104 Issue


We’ve invented a new job title. It echoes how we feel about the chicken newspaper project and tells all that this is more than just a project. That title is Proud Publisher Being the Proud Publisher of chicken! newspaper for children means that we have to deliver the best publication that we are able to assemble. Our…… Continue reading Chicken Newspaper Summer 2104 Issue

Bringing History to Life


Talking about war is a tricky proposition. Trust in your child’s intelligence, imagination and empathy. Then do some research, because the facts are already written. All you have to do is tell the story.

Two Reviews: Lenny Goes to School


There’s more to Ken Wilson-Max’s Lenny Goes to Nursery School (Frances Lincoln, £9.99), with its jolly little hero successfully making it through his first full day away from home. A multi-coloured cast of characters have an equally good time in this picture book, also sturdily produced. Nicholas Tucker, ‘Children’s summer reading: Treats for the very…… Continue reading Two Reviews: Lenny Goes to School

I’ll Tell You About My Dad


When I was told that my father was not well, and furthermore, what was ailing him was the dreaded cancer, I didn’t know how to react. I don’t believe anyone really knows. He’d had some back trouble, common for older people, and the x-ray brought some unexpected spots of clarity to his doctor. By the…… Continue reading I’ll Tell You About My Dad

Pop Up Festival Weekend


It was great to be entertaining children this weekend. Exhausting (felt that afterwards) but really, really enjoyable. Our next event is in July in London. It promises to be bigger and better, but it will have a hard time toping this one! We had Sarwat Chadda and Zena Edwards, Julia Golding, Ed Vere with a Jazz…… Continue reading Pop Up Festival Weekend