Children's

"Magic for a Day or 24 Hours of Trouble" (A Magical Fantasy) Chapter 2

When the sunshine filtered through the Venetian blinds and across his room Joey woke up. His first thought was, "could it really be a day of magic?"...

When I am afraid …

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Sometimes you see I am afraid because of things in stories said, remembering silly things I’ve read: And...

"Magic for a Day or 24 hours of Trouble" (Children's Fantasy)

The Florida beach was populated with late summer vacationers who had rented houses near the seashore, and eight year old Joey Steven’s family was one...

The Birthday Girl

Brielle led a group of 3-4 year olds in what she called a run-run as they headed in a meandering style to the party table guarded by two parents...

Learning Counting 3, 4, 5 …

1, 2, 3 Breakfast, lunch and tea Mummy, Daddy, me: 1, 2, 3 … Now we’ve got 1 more 3 and 1 makes 4 …

Dog Days!*

It's Packham's birthday, so it seems a bit unfair he should be spending it doing hard sums!

The Zoo is Closed

A children's story about what might have happened in the zoos during lockdown.

In Search of the 'Snoz-Wanger'!

My grandson had to create an imaginary creature for his remote English school work. In this exercise he had to describe the creature and explain its habitat and habits. This made me wonder what his two dogs, Packham and India, might make of it...

Don't Take The Tablets!

My grandson, Flynn, was concerned that his two dogs, Packham and India, hadn't properly understood about the virus either in 'A Panda Called Mick' or 'The Walrus and the Aunteater' so he asked if this time I could make sure that they did. I must admit, I couldn't see much opportunity for humour in that context, but it turns out I was wrong ;-)