Tag: literature

Summer Events. One Down…


 The Carnegie Greenaway award winners were announced on the same morning I was doing a workshop in front of around 100 children, where they showed what their picks were for the Winner. This took place at Platform in North London which is quite near where I live. The event was well organised by Islington Library…… Continue reading Summer Events. One Down…

African Mythological Creatures: Adze, The Vampire


  The Adze is a vampiric being from Ewe folklore in Togo and Ghana. It normally looks like a firefly, but it will transform into human shape when captured. In its human form, the Adze has the power to possess ordinary humans and turn them into witches. A person is suspected of being possessed in…… Continue reading African Mythological Creatures: Adze, The Vampire

Who Still thinks Educational Books Can’t Be Fun?


  I subscribe to Good magazine and I read a short article called ‘We Should Probably Turn Text Books in to Comic Books’ by writer Liz Dwyer. In ti the writer points out that the debate about books being physical or digital might actually be a side issue: more important, according a to university study…… Continue reading Who Still thinks Educational Books Can’t Be Fun?