~ Books, Poems, Worksheets for Earth and Universe Warriors ~
Home-schooling has been an exciting novelty for many children and parents. But it’s been months since schools closed and if you weren’t used to being a parent-teacher, having your children at home and racking your brain for engaging educational activities can be taxing. And now, with a few more weeks of summer holidays looming, and…
Looking for engaging, educational and fun home-schooling activities? Introducing ‘Science Fiction Station’: a bunch of themed mini-lessons for kids aged 9-12. All done for you. This set of fun videos, with free, matching worksheets, is based on the kids’ Science Fiction novella Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves by the author. The 10 videos,…
Nick Coffer interviewed me live on BBC Three Counties Radio about my nature conservation fiction / environmental fiction book ‘Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came‘ early in January 2018. Listen to the podcast of the interview on YouTube, or play it here: What exactly is ‘nature conservation fiction’ or ‘environmental fiction’? It’s a relatively…
My latest book, Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves (published December 2017), is a fun children’s and young teens’ science fiction story with a difference. Ilnoblet Elmer is an ordinary boy like any other. Except for one thing. He’s from another planet – and his family, friends and teachers don’t know. The story follows his adventures…
Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came is much more than a story from the animals’ point of view. It’s also “a story to save the Earth“! How does one story save the Earth, you ask? The story itself is about an increasingly concerning environmental issue – humans ‘developing’ land where wild animals live….