I blog and write about gender, diversity and inclusion. Read my blog or click on the links below to read more.
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Articles and interviews on inclusion, gender and other child development topics
Helping very young children to understand consent
How a picture book about a cat could help teach children about consent and boundaries - article for BookTrust
Picture books can help children develop empathy
Blog post as part of the
blog Tour for Empathy Day 2018 kindly hosted by Mr Davies Reads 
Naturally including children with disabilities
An interview with Alex Strick on the BookTrust website about stories for everyone and naturally including childen with disabilities. 2017 Gender and Children's Books
Gendered Marketing of children's books
It's NOT what kids want! In Books for Keeps No. 203 - Nov 2013 Storytelling in a multi-lingual setting
In Books for Keeps No 180 - Jan 2010 |
Author interviews and articles about
writing & publishing Writing Author Interview on writing Lola & Leo, Must-have Children's Books, Literacy Rituals and things parents can do to support children's reading with the wonderful site Here Wee Read 2017 Author Spotlight - 2017 interview for KidLit 411 a one stop information shop for children's writers and illustrators Article on the challenge authors have when handing over a text for an artist to interpret and illustrate: Picture a Story - an author's story about letting go for The Federation of Children's Book Groups National Share A Story Month 2017 Author blog for Charlesbridge Unabridged - Charlesbridge Publishing's Author & Illustrator blog: Anna McQuinn writes and Gardens and she takes Lola with her - July 2014 Interview with speech-language pathologist Jeanette W Stickel and her kindergarten students on her blog SpeakWell, ReadWell Author blog for Charlesbridge Unabridged - Charlesbridge Publishing's Author & Illustrator blog: Ask the Author - December 2011 Publishing
An Inadvertent Publisher - Alanna Books 10 Year anniversary interview with Books for Keeps 2016 Random Ramblings of a Small Independent Publisher interview for The Letterpress Project 2016 Sales of the Lola and Leo books hit $1million in the USA in 2016. Read all about it in the Bookseller by clicking here. Inclusion - history, advocacy and general ranting!
If I were in charge of the World
10 Rules for Inclusive Publishing blog for Barrington Stoke 2015 Who gets to Purple Plastic Purse? Beyond inclusion in children's books In Write4Children, Vol IV, Issue II Winchester University Press
Ebb and flow: The advances and retreats in the battle to make children’s books more inclusive and diverse
IBBY Conference, key note speech 2015 or read on my blog here |
