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Author Crush: Hilary Mckay
LBB is thrilled about the publication of a prequel (how very Hollywood) to Hilary McKay’s Casson family series, Caddy’s World (Hodder). McKay is a genius at portraying family life. The children, all named after paints from an artist’s colour chart, run amok whilst their mother, Eve, spends her time producing ‘not exactly art’ in the garden shed. Perfect.
All LBB wants is to tumble headfirst into any of the books and become a member of the family. Failing that, LBB has resolved to coax a reluctant mother into the shed to become an artist and to adopt a paint name - call me Apricot Sunrise.
Maybe not. Sounds a bit like a stripper.
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Ladybookbird is a mother and daughter team with a passion for children's books, everything from baby board books to young adult novels. We prefer the quirky and literary to the romantic bloodsuckers - so if it's something that has jumped on to the publishing bandwagon you won't find it here! Dinah has reviewed children's books for the Sunday Telegraph for nearly twenty years and Maudie is an editorial and marketing assistant who has grown up with, and never grown out of, the best in children's literature.
