My new book is out in May 2022! When I’m on a long journey with my boys, one of our favourite games to play is The Animal Game! Rather than just simply telling you what my new book is called, I thought it would be fun to get you guessing! My VIP readers have been […]
Books
It’s A Kid’s Life -Sneak Preview!

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 […]
It’s A Kid’s Life – Lockdown
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 […]
Too Cool For Books, Hey Boys?

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. […]
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