Episodes

  • Little Stupendo - how to write backwards

    Little Stupendo - how to write backwards
    Jan 25 2025

    Jon Blake describes how Little Stupendo, an early reader book shortlisted for the Childrens Book Award, came to be written - backwards.
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    5 mins
  • Daley B: birth of a best-selling picture book..

    Daley B: birth of a best-selling picture book..
    Jan 23 2025

    "You're A Hero Daley B" (https://youtu.be/7Nvr1zvIU3M?si=CMc4Q74AtQyHScq7) was Axel Scheffler's first picture book and has sold over half a million copies. Here's how I came to write it, and some tips as to what makes a picture book succeed.
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    12 mins