It has been an exciting month. I submitted two picture book manuscripts to publishers. It can take up to four months to hear anything and, maybe, I won’t hear anything at all. In the meantime I completed the final assignment in my first Teacher Librarianship subject which was quite an effort. I am having quite a lot of trouble in recent times with procrastinating, especially around uni which was never a problem in the past. Perhaps, I was too ambitious and just have too much on my plate at the moment.
I finished reading The Things that Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud. It was excellent. I believe education should be easily accessible to all people and that an ability to access information independently is important. However, there is so much more to the challenge of educating our children and young people. I encourage you to read Gabbie’s book, give it to your friends, talk about the themes it covers. Perhaps, this will be the catalyst for new approaches to many areas of public policy.
I am now reading a historical novel set in Norway during WWII, The Resistance Girl by Mandy Robotham. It tells the story of the Norwegian people who were occupied by German troops for just over five years. During most of this time, bus boats were operated between Shetland in Scotland and Norwegian ports, generally transporting agents in and out of Norway. I had never heard of this aspect of history so am looking forward to being edified.
Trish Lewis 