Scoop

My twin sister Rachael definitely wasn’t human. She was a giant onion and potato-filled latke. That’s my favourite food, if you want to know. I could eat latkes morning, day and night. Latkes are one of the very best things about Hanukah. Well, that

Looking at my right shoulder I sent peace and blessings to the invisible angel that keeps a record of all my good actions, and then did the same to the angel on my left that writes down my wrong ones. My eyes flicked up to check if Dad had finished h

It was only six in the morning, and it was the day of Bhai-Dooj. Bhai-Dooj was the festival that marked the love of brothers and sisters on the last day of the Diwali festival. They had been up late, lighting lamps and celebrating the festival the la

It stopped storming In the morning So Gary thought He’d take a walk. He put one foot Out in front, but Then felt an itch, So Gary Glitch Twitched, his hand rose, Hitched to his nose There to scratch it. Being distracted Thus from his stroll Took quit

The door slides shut and I gaze, eyes wide, At the wire-crossed window, far too high. Stay there, said Granny, this will all be over soon. Hold onto Teddy, you won’t feel alone. So I stand on tip-toes, brave boy, chin up Pulling on Teddy’s ear for lu

Chris Young works as a children’s specialist for Golden Hare Books, an independent bookshop based in Edinburgh – this involves trying out all sorts of ways to get kids into reading. She also works as a part-time librarian, doing a similar job! She ha

You might not have read the Rabbit and Bear books before. If you haven’t, you need to know that in the first book Rabbit makes friends with Bear, and in the second book Rabbit is very clever and Bear is not. The third book, A Bite in the Night, which