Favourite children’s picture book authors
Alex T. Smith
Emily MacKenzie
Giles Andreae
Julia Donaldson
Lynley Dodd
Oliver Jeffers
Pip Jones
Favourite inspiring quotes
“If you ever think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” Dalai Lama XIV.
” A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” Francis Bacon.
“People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird.
“Wisest is she who knows she does not know.” Jostein Gaarder.
“You become what you believe.” Oprah Winfrey.
“And when you want something, ALL the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.
“Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built and a textile one when it is woven.” Walter Benjamin.
The Last 10 Books I’ve Read
Room – Emma Donoghue
The Well – Catherine Chanter
Dying to be Me – Anita Moorjani
The Bees – Laline Paull
The Book of Souls – Glenn Cooper
Dibs – Virginia M. Axline
We are all Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Kim Edwards
A Long Walk Home – Judith Kerr
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