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
Favourite Board Games
Busy Town
Pass the Bomb
Apples to Apples
Articulate
Pandemic (you gotta love it!!)
Dixit
Settlers of Catan
Splendor
Backgammon (be warned, you’ll loose!)
Favourite podcasts
The tortoise
Some current favourite poems
And still I rise-Maya Angelou
My brain and heart divorced – John Roedel
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
The Behaviour code- a practical guide to understanding and teaching the most challenging students by J Minahan and N Rappaport
Help your teenager beat an eating disorder by J Locke and D Le Grange
Favourite Children’s Books:
Mama Panya’s Pancakes: a village tale from Kenya- 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 AND The Duck with no Luck – Jonathan Long and Korky Paul
Dogs don’t do Ballet – Sarah Kemp
Mina Fazel 