School

School

Crushing up salt and vinegar hula hoops

Shopping for buttons on Leyland Market

Holidays

Murray mints on holiday in the car in Devon

Church Fair

Buying a tiger  glitter picture and rollerskates

Skating down the hill

The day I saw Monet

Holding my sisters hands

‘Conviction’

‘I like to get off with people,

I like to lie in their arms,

I like to be held and tightly kissed,

Safe from all alarms –

I like to laugh and be happy

With a beautiful,beautiful kiss

I tell you,in all the world

There is on bliss like this’-Stevie Smith

A happy shield

Happy happy light

‘love is ours

The school bars’-Stevie Smith

The old sweet dove

The holy spirit of good

T’was the voice of the sweet dove

I heard him move

I heard him cry

Love,love

‘High in the chestnut tree

I the nest of the old dove

And there he sits solitary

Crying Love,love’-Stevie Smith

A loving moment

Hanging on

Childrens books

Horror and ghost stories

Action/adventure

True stories

Historical fiction

Learning/educational

Religion and diversity

STORY IS KEY

Pictures are essential,they must be bright and eye-catching

Humour is an absolute must because it draws in children.

They love to laugh at others  like them,and if the protagonist does

Obviously dumb or silly things,so much the better

BRIGHT ART

THINKING LIKE A KID

Little people can indeed triumph over grown-ups

Poo poo,pee pee,tushies,,passing gas,burping,underwear –all hilarious

Example

‘School assembly –who farted?!

Your main character is the soul of your story

Character arc is a visual tool

Children are wild creatures at heart

Emotions right at the surface