Link to teaching resources for The Swallows' Flight, with many thanks to Macmillan Children's Books https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/d554c971-bcd0-014b-bb17-d2b96b4… The Swallows' Flight will be published in May 2021. Meanwhile, the proofs are out

A Reading Group Guide to The Time of Green Magic By Hilary McKay About the Book When Abi’s widowed father meets Louis and Max’s mother, the three children find themselves

Peter, Clarry and Vanessa. Simon the Bony One. Rupert, Odysseus, Mrs Morgan. Violet and Miss Vane. Mr King the rag-and-bone man. They came so alive for me writing this book

These are the rushes used to make rushlights. Pick a few, soak them an hour or two if you have time (they peel more easily soaked). The white pith inside