The Secret of Nightingale Wood is Lucy Strange’s debut, and what a lovely story it is too. Henrietta (known as Henry) has moved with her family: Papa, Mama and baby Piglet (a nickname I adore!) to Hope House, a prophetic name if ever there were one. They have moved to try to recover from the … More The Secret of Nightingale Wood – review
Today I emailed the first draft of a New Book to my editor. This is A STORM OF STRAWBERRIES, to be published by Piccadilly Press next summer. It’s not a sequel to A LIBRARY OF LEMONS, but it’s for the same kind of age group (9-12) and features another girl in an unusual family situation. … More The Strawberries Have Left The Building
Here we go again! And I LOVE it! On Tuesday, Cathy Brett and I met up with our fab editors Kathy and Gill and our super designer Holly for…duh, duh, DUUUUUHH: the layout design meeting on ELECTRIGIRL 3! Because the comic strip sections are such an integral part of the Electrigirl stories, it’s very important … More Designing Electrigirl 3!
Jo Cotterill 