Olly Barrett
Finding inspiration for for children's stories is relatively easy as their imagination in endless. What's unbelievable to an adult is believable to a child. It allows you to dig deep and come up with something that will grab their attention.
My book started with an 800 year old oak which had a split down its trunk. If you look inside, its hollow and you can see out of the top to the branches above. There's a picture on my website www.ollybarrett.com. From that, a book was written.
Watching birds flying around - the second book in the series shows what jobs they all do; you discover why seagulls really fly behind a tractor ploughing a field for one. Its all these simple, little things that collectively make a bigger and more interesting story.
My book started with an 800 year old oak which had a split down its trunk. If you look inside, its hollow and you can see out of the top to the branches above. There's a picture on my website www.ollybarrett.com. From that, a book was written.
Watching birds flying around - the second book in the series shows what jobs they all do; you discover why seagulls really fly behind a tractor ploughing a field for one. Its all these simple, little things that collectively make a bigger and more interesting story.
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