Oddney's Otherland has received some amazing feedback from Scottish Book Trust:
"I have now received my copy of Oddney’s Otherland and am enjoying the wonderful illustrations and characters I have met as I journey through the book. My work at SBT involves outreach visits to schools in the North East and I will definitely be promoting this book to teachers looking for contemporary material to use with their classes. I feel that this book would open up countless opportunities to develop cross curricular work if used with a class and of course lends itself to looking at the importance of our friendships. Children will love the characters involved in the story and I envisage them wanting to create some of their own and possibly their own piece of writing about a tunnel under the shed!" - Christian Ritchie, Regional Outreach Coordinator
From the Scottish Book Trust website: "We are a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle."
Amazing, isn't it, how a book can change lives!
One of my favourite initiatives of Scottish Book Trust is the Bookbug gifting programme. Bookbug makes free bags of books available to every child in Scotland. Between birth and age five, a child will receive a Baby bag, a Toddler Bag, an Explorer bag and a Primary One Family Bag!