I am currently offering free book-reading sessions of the first book in my phonics-focussed series (‘Sammy and Susie Visit the Seaside’) to all the children’s nurseries in the Adur District of West Sussex (and beyond), which is where I live in the UK. My main aims are: To raise my profile as an author of children’s books, and To obtain feedback from the children and the nursery staff that will enable me to improve my writing. I read to groups…..
I was just looking back over my emails and discovered some positive comments about my storybooks made in July 2015 by a couple of parents who were attending my sister’s ‘Phonics4fun’ sessions. (Just to say that my sister, Jacky Smith, provided the technical phonics advice and proof reading for my books. She also came up with lots of good ideas for story lines. I shall always be grateful for her input). Here are the comments: “My daughter … enjoys looking…..
Parents and nurseries will find my phonics storybooks invaluable in engaging children to improve their communication and reading skills in a non-threatening way. This is paramount if you want small children to do well and have a better outcome in their future education – a fact revealed in a study for ‘Save the Children,’ and discussed by Branwen Jeffreys, BBC Education Editor, 17 February 2016 who said: “A study for ‘Save the Children’ found that 21% of pupils who struggled…..
Welcome. My name is Gloria Eveleigh, author of Sammie and Susie Visit the Seaside, Anthony Comes to the Rescue, Titan the Time-Travelling Tiger, Idris, the Invisible Imp, Penelope the Purple Pig Finds a Pal, Jack’s Temper Tantrums, Edmund the Excitable Elephant, Harriet the Happy Hippo, Rory Runs Away, Maximus the Marmalade Monster, Dilys, the Dinosaur that Dribbles, and Neville the Nibalong is Scared of the Night. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my…..