Author visits

As well as being the author of over sixty books, I’ve been devoted to teaching all my life, qualifying in 1979 as a secondary English and Drama teacher and going on to teach at every level of the education system. Since becoming a published author in 1984 I have visited hundreds (if not thousands!) of…

Free stories

Stories here can be downloaded for free! A free KS1 springtime musical based on my quarter-million selling picture book You’re A Hero Daley B can be found here. Free poems can be found here. Mark Two . . .was first published by Ginn in 1995 and became a literacy hour favourite in hundreds of schools.…

The Last Free Cat

A young teen hounded by the authorities because of her love for a cat. . .chosen by Bookbag for their top ten teenage love stories. . .chosen by the ILA as one of the best YA titles published in the US. . .inspired by the people and landscape of Wales. My young adult novel The…