This page is for interest and unrelated to my work- as ever, I am always keen to expand the list!
Favourite Novels:
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma – Naguib Mahfouz
Ali and Nino – Kurban Said
Plainsong – Kent Haruf
A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
Digging to America – Anne Tyler
Austerlitz – W. G. Sebald
After You’d Gone – Maggie O’Farrell
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo
Lord of the Rings (of course)
Favourite Board Games
Ticket to Ride
Scattergories
Banangrams
Pandemic
Dixit
Settlers of Catan
Backgammon (be warned, you’ll loose!)
Favourite podcasts
The tortoise
Some current favourite poems
And still I rise-Maya Angelou
Favourite books on child development and mental health:
All cats have Aspergers by Terri Mauro
All dogs have ADHD by Kathy Hoopman
All Birds have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopman
Touchpoints by T Brazleton
The Social Baby by L Murray and L Andrews
Favourite Children’s Books:
Mama Panya’s Pancakes – Mary and Rich Chamberlin
You Choose – Pippa Goodhart
Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney
The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
Freddy and the Fairy – Julia Donaldson
The Dog who could Dig – Jonathan Long and Korky Paul
Dogs don’t do Ballet – Sarah Kemp
Mina Fazel 