Yesterday I finished the first draft of a new story. It’s cute, it’s funny, it’s packed with jungle creatures, and yes, it’s in rhyme!

I’ve been pondering for a while but when I finally got started, the writing took five days over a period of two weeks. Many of the lists of facts – haven’t actually made it into the story but will be very useful for future presentations in schools around the world. And as usual I have learned a lot along the way.

The next challenge is to create the main character; time for the fun stuff…