Here is a sneak preview of the text from the first three chapters of the first book in the It’s A Kid’s Life series! CHAPTER 1 Hi, I’m Ben Collins. I’m just a nine year old boy muddling my way through being a kid. Grown-ups always tell us that these are the best years of […]
Every December, I offer my readers the chance to surprise a friend with a gift of one of my books! Every week in the lead up to Christmas, one child will be chosen. They will be sent a book through the post with a special message from me, telling them that you nominated them. […]
To entertain children during the lockdown, I have written a short story spin off from my It’s A Kid’s Life series and invited children to write their own ending! My message to them is… “You may be stuck inside, but your imagination is as free as a bird, so let it fly!” I regularly speak […]
IAN Children’s Book of the Year Finalist 2018, Kerry Gibb, brings you the latest book in her popular series for children aged 7 to 11 – IT’S A KID’S LIFE – CAMP CHAOS. Ben Collins is finally escaping his annoying little brothers for the week! Join him and his friends on their much anticipated Year […]
Lately, we hear more and more how children are losing their love of reading. Some apparently never had it in the first place. Others lost it along the way. There are a number of reasons being blamed for this. The heavy emphasis of education on grammar and punctuation… the attitude that it’s not ‘cool’ to […]
National Read To Your Sibling Day was created by children’s author Kerry Gibb, to encourage brothers and sisters to read to each other. Kerry has witnessed first-hand the amazing benefits of her own children reading to one another and wants to urge children everywhere to do the same. “Older children get a fabulous sense of […]
There is nothing that bugs me more as an ‘author mum’ than boys saying, as they get older, that they don’t like reading because ‘it’s not cool,’ or ‘it’s for nerds’. Boys, you are so wrong on every level! My husband overheard my ten year old telling his best friend earlier that he hated reading. […]
Parents who follow my Facebook page will know that I was outraged a few months ago when a prominent figure in education declared to a room full of parents that there was ‘no such thing as anxiety’. This was the head of a school, addressing parents of eleven year olds who were about to embark […]
I am very excited to announce a competition that I am running in collaboration with the Surrey Advertiser newspaper to celebrate the launch of my new book, It’s A Kid’s Life – Christmas Countdown! Before we get to the details, let me tell you about the amazing prizes the winners will receive. First and foremost, […]
After nine long months of hard work, I am excited to announce the arrival of It’s A Kid’s Life – Double Digits! It seems like only yesterday that my mini focus group and I sat around my kitchen table in our pj’s, brainstorming our third book together. And next week I will have the actual […]
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