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New Project 'Activities and Rhyme with Grandfather Time'
I'm so excited to be working on a new project. It is something I have been thinking about for a long time now. It will be a children's book featuring activities, short stories and fun poetry.
I have the book almost complete, in hope that I can sell it at my forthcoming Storytime Events. Having tested out some of the stories already and getting some lovely feedback from the children I feel it's time to move forward and share the fun with even more kids.
Click the video below for a sneak peek.
Your thoughts and feedback would be appreciated. I'm looking to do the book possibly as A4 with single sided pages so the kids can cut out and colour in images to keep. I used to love putting my son's work on my fridge. (He would not thank me for telling you that as a man now in his 30's).
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Happy Reading
2025 #Storytime Events Coming Soon
Teaser from Bartholomew Drake
We are so pleased to announce that we will be doing some FREE Storytime events in and around our home town of Hereford, West Midlands UK, during the School Holidays. We will be sharing our own stories and others by some of our all time favourite authors.
Here's a little teaser from 'Bartholomew Drake' (we even have eco-friendly plush toys to compliment the story.)
Dates yet to be finalised but we will be in Maylord Orchards Shopping Centre and also the beautiful countryside venue of Lyde Court
Watch this space more news coming soon.
Learn More About Us
Gillari Books was set up by Indie Author Rose English and her little mascot Miss Ruby Heart.
Living on 'England's Green & Pleasant Land', among the gentle rolling hills of the Herefordshire Countryside, Rose's house is wall to wall books. She's a Read-a-holic, whose hobby is to write stories for the young and young at heart.
Working as a school librarian, and sharing her love of books with children, was the best job she ever had. However, life moves on and another chapter was only a page turn away. Working in a very different library now, she is a key worker for the NHS helping to run the Medical Equipment Library in Wye Valley NHS Trust.
After winning FIRST PRIZE in a short story competition with 'The Magic of Grandfather Christmas' she is inspired to transform the tale into a collection of stories for all ages. ‘Young Ebenezer' is inspired by the Dickens classic 'A Christmas Carol' and brought into modern times with a strong theme of sharing and caring.
Rose has a little sidekick called Miss Ruby Heart, a ruby King Charles spaniel from the Grandfather Time Series. The puppy is the Ghost of Christmas Past and features on the 'Young Ebenezer’ covers. She also has her own social media pages check out www.instagram.com/missrubyheart1
** 2023 the royalties from our new picture book 'A Christmas Carol with Grandfather Time' went towards printing copies of the book that were then gifted to children at Hereford County Hospital Wye Valley NHS Trust West Midlands UK.
A big THANK YOU to those of you who donated copies. **