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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Mister Cleghorn´s Seal by Judith Kerr
Mister Cleghorn’s Seal by Judith Kerr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enjoyed reading this book as an adult and can imagine its popularity as a...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Mr. Cleghorn´s Seal
Mister Cleghorn’s Seal by Judith Kerr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enjoyed reading this book as an adult and can imagine its popularity as a...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Djabali and Andalu by Corine Timmer and Kristina Muñoz
" The day I got lost was a hot day in May. " And so begins the adventure of Djabali, a lost wild boar piglet as he travels across...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Honi and the Carob tree
The legend of Honi and the Carob tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfV7XrGfBo I have many Carob trees in my garden as well as Olive...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
The crocodile who didn´t like water by Gemma Merino
To all those who still havent found their hidden talents. G.M. From the Macmillan Prize for illustration 2011.. The Crocodile who didn´t...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
My favourite pick - Don´t call me Coochie Pooh!
In a small bookshop in Den Bosch I noticed this picture book. An hilarious account of a dog 's perspective of the world around him, in...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
The Art in Fairytales
S A good storyteller is captivating for both young and old. When in Holland I love to visit Het sprookjespark in a place called The...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Conservation Through a Lense - Photographer Spotlight - Nick Brandt
Last week a friend introduced me to the work by Nick Brandt and it left an impact. He started capturing african wildlife as pretty...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
The inspiration
On a hot day in May 2013, during my yearly trip from the south of Portugal to the South of Spain, I bumped into a lost baby boar and his...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
The added value of taking distance.
Reading this article http://www.nownovel.com/blog/fantastic-dialogue-writing-advice/Â ; led me to review the dialogue in my text for the...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
All writers have fleas in the head
This is my pick of the week. All the writers in the world have a head full of fleas. Not even a specially designed shampoo or a haircut...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
THERE IS WILDLIFE IN MY PATIO
Nature photography is one way of increasing environmental awareness, both for the photographer and the viewer. Today I post a photo of a...
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Jul 21, 20233 min read
The Right to Roam
When I moved to the Algarve in Portugal 17 years ago, I immediately loved the countryside. It was friendly, not hyper-organised and the...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Não tenho medo do escuro (I´m not afraid of the dark) Book Review
Today, in the bookstore, my eye fell on a book called NAO TENHO MEDO DO ESCURO (published by Jacarandá in March 2017). It is the...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Technical problem with my blog.
Unfortunately there is a technical problem with the sharing options of my blog posts. The posts are not transporting correctly. This is...
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Jul 21, 20232 min read
The Puffin that couldn´t fly. Entry for 50 word story challenge.
VIVIAN KIRKFIELD´S 50 WORD STORY CHALLENGE “ I thought it would be fun to try to write a story for kids with ONLY 50 words. With a...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
I AM SO EXCITED!
I AM SO EXCITED! MY SPANISH TRANSLATION IS finally FINISHED After a three-year journey (two steps forward--three steps back) the Spanish...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Author School Visit KSI Algarve
Yesterday I had my first school visit at KSI Algarve, in Olhão. Writing can be a solitary business so it was fantastic to read my...
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