Scholastic UK, Ali Pye and I are delighted to bring to you Girls Can Do Anything - a celebration of all the wonderful things girls can choose to do with their lives. Of course, everyone can do these things, but we really wanted to make it clear that all of life's choices are available to girls as well!

This summer, children across the country can go and see The Princess and the Giant live on stage!

The production has been put together by Folksy Theatre, who specialise in live action theatre in the great outdoors.

As part of their work, The Klaus Flugge Prize have joined forces with CLPE, the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education to produce some outstanding Teachers' Notes for the five shortlisted books.

Join Jack on this exciting adventure to find the perfect lunch. Will the pirates have a tasty treat or will Jack have to venture further to fill his rumbly tummy?

The Beast of Bramble Woods is to become the latest in a series of talking books recorded by RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind). It will soon be available FREE for children who are unable to read printed material. The Talking Books Service is not just for children with sight loss, it's for anyone who has trouble reading standard printed text, including children with dyslexia, ADHD, autism and other disabilities - and their carers.

Knock Knock Dinosaur has been shortlisted for the Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year Award, 2018!

The awards are run by The London Borough of Hillingdown Schools Library Service and are voted for by Year 2 children from 21 local schools.

I am delighted to tell you that The Princess and the Giant is coming to the stage!!

It's being produced by the wonderfully talented people at Folksy Theatre and will be touring the country this summer!

Big Box Little Box is illustrated by the hugely talented Edward Underwood. An experienced designer, Edward is half of the brilliant duo at Lisa Jones Studio in Lewes.

This is Edward's first picture book and guess what? It's been shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize for debut picture book illustrators!

I am delighted be be working with Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Stone Soup on a fabulous project based in four libraries. The project aims to:

Martina Minarik is a Whiffy Wilson super-fan dedicated to giving her children the very best start in life. She recently got in touch to let me know how much she loves Whiffy Wilson and my other books and sent me a darling recording of her two year old reading the story to her baby brother.

I have always been a girl but have never felt completely comfortable as one. When I was growing up, my parents were endlessly encouraging and taught me that I could be anything I wanted to be, I just had to be determined and work hard. However, society did not agree and I felt constantly affronted and frustrated by everyday sexism.

Who doesn't love dinosaurs? And I bet your children know a whole lot more about them than you do! Well I've just uploaded some fantabulous dino-tastic fun activities to accompany my book Knock Knock Dinosaur.