So a few days ago my gorgeous friend Grace posted a brilliant blog post about things that made her happy, and spurred everyone to do the same... so here we go. Things that made me happy in the past week. Getting so into a book that you lose track of time. Sunshine and shade. Sitting, … Continue reading Happy things…
Tag: blogger
Book snatching?!
Hello, tis Wednesday guest blog time again! This time you are very lucky to be in the hands of my lovely Irish friend Aoife, blogger extraordinaire over at Pretty Purple Polka Dots and Twitterer to the max at @PrettyPPD (you should probably follow her, it's a good idea kids). She's going to talk to you all about the … Continue reading Book snatching?!
Disney sidekicks!
Continuing my Disney week, today I'm going to share my Favourite Disney sidekicks Now, to me a sidekick can be the thing that makes or breaks the main character. There are SO MANY brilliant sidekicks in Disney films: from animals, to humans, to robots... all kinds of everything. I have a fondness for lots of … Continue reading Disney sidekicks!
Disney songs!
This week there's going to be 3 Disney posts, because every now and again a girl needs to send some love Disney's way. After the success of the recent Beauty and the Beast live action and it's incredible EVERYTHING, I thought I'd do a post about my favourite Disney songs. (There won't be any Beauty … Continue reading Disney songs!
Favourite YA authors
Hello! It's Wednesday! You know what that means, guest post Wednesday (I really need to think of a new name for this, that's better! But hey ho, we'll go with guest post wednesday for now!) Without further ado, I welcome my lovely friend Amy (links at the bottom of the post) who is here to … Continue reading Favourite YA authors
HALF TERM?
It's that lovely time of year again when us teachers get some down time. My school elected for 1 week at Easter and 2 weeks now, so here I am with 2 weeks off and I'm sure there's loads of things I can fill my time with! Seeing the twiglets - always top of "half … Continue reading HALF TERM?
More #AskMissElliott
Hello! Back to some school talk! I took a few weeks off doing #AskMissElliott to give the kids a chance to come up with some new questions but after requests to bring it back I knew it was time! If you're curious what #AskMissElliott is, it's a chance for the kids in my class to … Continue reading More #AskMissElliott
BOOKBLOG: Coral Rumble
The Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat: fun, beautifully illustrated and imaginative! Release Date: 4th April 2017 Publisher: Wacky Bee Books The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea, in a box on the living room floor. They sailed away for a year and a day and these are the things that they saw... … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Coral Rumble
Student-ing
So it's now May 5th and I have HOPEFULLY handed in my dissertation. Hopefully, it went yesterday. (I write this the Sunday before and I'm MEGA stressed about it). So yeah, that's that done. 2 years of my life building up to this. I can't lie. I haven't been a great student. I've left things … Continue reading Student-ing
Mental Health in YA
Hello Wednesday folks! Sorry this is late, I have had a mega stressful week, however you are in for a treat with this guest blog this week. My gorgeous friend Rachel, over-lady of #SundayYA, #SundayYAthon and 100-or-less has popped along to talk about YA books which discuss one of the most important things to a … Continue reading Mental Health in YA
