“A long time ago, a young girl called Nina lived in a palace that stood in the heart of a graceful old city. The palace was home to the Royal Academy of Dancing Horses, where Nina’s father Viktor was the stable master. Viktor and his grooms fed and watered the famous stallions, and polished their white [...]
I first discovered Barry Lyga when I became intrigued by and read his book ‘Boy Toy’. It was, shall we say, a harrowing and disturbing read. However, I LOVED IT and this book was both disturbing and compelling and uncomfortable and beautiful all in one. I highly recommend it. I do, however have to [...]
I am SO proud to announce the first ever winner of what I hope to be MANY BookGryffin Competitions! I apologise for being a few days late on this one guys I have used the random winner picker to choose a winner for this one. The winner is….*drumroll* Sandy! For her comment “One [...]
Long have I considered myself a champion of the picture book. I love them. Picture Books, in my humble opinion, are perhaps one of our greatest undervalued resources. As a Librarian, I read picture books to my students as often as I possibly can. Even the older ones. There is nothing quite like the [...]
ITS OVER!!!! Twittercation will be officially over in approx 2.5 hours. As promised there are cupcakes and umbrella drinks for everyone, feel free to helps yourselves! So what have I learned? Alot of people have been discussing how much work they got done and how much more focused they were. I think thats wonderful. I [...]
So NaNoWriMo has begun for another year and this year I am a participant! As an avid reader, I have never thought of myself as a potential writer. I am excited by the fact that I do indeed have a story inside me which seems to want to be put into a word document…however, I urge [...]
