NOTE: Hi! I recently posted an update clarifying Benedict Boo’s role in this series, you can read it here. You can also read other posts in the Superkicks: The Secret Journals series here. All illustrations here are from the Superkicks books Keeping journals is something lots of writers do, and…

NOTE: Hi! I recently posted an update clarifying Benedict Boo’s role in this series, you can read it here. You can also read other posts in the Superkicks: The Secret Journals series here. When I was writing my Superkicks football fiction series, I made a lot of notes in my…

NOTE: Hi! I recently posted an update clarifying Benedict Boo’s role in this series, you can read it here. You can also read other posts in the Superkicks: The Secret Journals series here. My Superkicks fiction series features lots of thrilling action in various learning environments, not just in schools…

NOTE: Hi! I recently posted an update clarifying Benedict Boo’s role in this series, you can read it here. You can also read other posts in the Superkicks: The Secret Journals series here. Hello! And welcome back. Glad you’re following this series of posts about my Superkicks books for kids…

I created this very simple RPG, been having fun playing it with my family, and thought some of you might like to try it too. You can save the image above and carry it around on your phone/laptop, or print it out to display on a board. Note — 1d6…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. Welcome back to the Gamebook Academy! This is Lesson 6. (You can find all our earlier lessons here, if you’re just joining us.) Now that you’ve learnt how a gamebook is…

by Don Bosco NOTE: This was first published on The Brilliant Foundation PIC 1. In 2011, my two sons started to really enjoy reading books. They had many questions about how stories work, how books are made, and why they liked some books more than others. I designed some story-based activities at home…

NOTE: Remember to visit my Gamebook Academy for free lessons on how to write your own gamebooks! Click here. What a lovely surprise, there’s actually an International Gamebook Day for us gamebook geeks. It’s on 27 August. Yay! My kids really love playing games together: computer games, board games, card…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. My production editor, Colleen Alberti, and I (left) taking a break on a press check in 2019. Please introduce yourself! This September I will celebrate fifteen years of work with Chooseco…