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Longlisted for the UKLA awards!

After the excitement of the shortlist for Wales Book of the Year, I definitely wasn't expecting anything else, so it was a lovely surprise to find out 'Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?' had been added to the longlist for the UK Literacy Association Book Awards in the 7-11+ category.

I'm in amazing company, so it's a real thrill. Thank you to the panel who make these early decisions on who to put f Read more of this blog post »
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Attie Lime has filled her festive welly with list poems, humorous questions, riddles, free verse and rhyme, the result being this gorgeous illustrated collection of Christmas-themed and wintery poems, suitable for around age 6 and up.

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A plethora of short poems packed with fun and real facts - from insects you might encounter in a UK garden to fascinating minibeasts from around the globe - illustrated in bright, bold and appealing style and a great companion book to Simon Mole's pr ...more
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This is a really well-written and enjoyable contemporary MG, with excellent characterisation of July and Jamie and the foibles and faults of their (loving, but fallible) family members. July has previously been in care and lived with grandparents (mu ...more
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Mandy is a banana, one who is having something of an existential crisis. During her dark night of the fruit bowl, she decides she’d far rather be a pineapple, or possibly a watermelon (although she rather goes off the latter idea after an off-page of ...more
Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It? by Sarah  Ziman
"The next time I meet a kid who is skeptical about poetry, this is the book I want to hand to them. The characters are in these poems are silly, sweet, annoying, perceptive, sad, lonely, worried, obnoxious, and exuberant — just like real kids. It feel" Read more of this review »
Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It? by Sarah  Ziman
"My whole family loves this book! My 10 yr old has read it cover to cover and still keeps dipping back in and insisting on reading poems out to us all. It's incredibly accessible, playful and funny and really deeply understands the things that kids ar" Read more of this review »
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