International Children's Book Day
2nd April is Hans Christian Andersen's birthday and International Children's Book Day. I was raised on his stories, and have written two picture books that are modern takes on his classic fables.
In the seventies, Mum made a C90 tape that looked a bit like this one.
On one side was Tubby the Tuba. On the other, the songs from the Danny Kaye musical ‘Hans Christian Andersen’. To this very day I know every word of every song, from inchworms measuring marigolds to wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen. From ‘the king is in the all-together, to ‘quack, get…
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