![]() Wish, my girl hero, is dyslexic – my sister is dyslexic too. “Xar, my boy wizard hero in The Wizards of Once series, acts first, thinks later, then gets demotivated and becomes confrontational. An avid reader and excited by learning – “I even loved subjects I wasn’t very good at” – she was constantly in trouble for being messy and disorganised. “When I visit Primary Schools you get lovely conversations about whether trees talk to each other, and if making their roots grow towards water means they have brains”.Īnother significant influence on Cowell’s writing are her own experiences at school. This passion for nature has led Cowell to work with the Woodland Trust as an Honorary Nature Detective inspiring children to love and respect Britain’s wildlife. But you can take children to uninhabited places, camping or just somewhere with no internet. While children might dream of visiting Burke, How to Train Your Dragon’s fictional island, Cowell admits that social services would arrest you if you tried to recreate the circumstances of her own childhood, “Sailing alone without life jackets probably isn’t a good idea. Setting off on an island adventure in the Hebrides
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