One of my most enjoyable tasks this year has been helping to judge a children’s short story competition for the RSPCA. The charity’s Wild About Britain challenge was inspired by children’s classics like Wind in the Willows and The Tale of Peter Rabbit and called on aspiring young writers to create a 500-word wildlife story featuring animals. It turned out to be huge fun and I whiled away hours reading ...keep reading
Hurry, hurry, hurry – there’s no time to waste. If your children are interested in wildlife and love writing stories, then there are just a few days left for them to enter a great new short story competition run by the RSPCA. The Wild About Britain challenge is inspired by wonderful children’s classics like Wind in the Willows and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. In fact Peter Rabbit was voted ...keep reading