Scottish Children’s Author & Illustrator 2024! Who is Denise McKeever?
What inspires her to write & draw?
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Digit: Encourage your child’s interest and love of numbers and counting
Discover The Scribblers and Digit: Encourage your child’s interest and love of numbers and counting! Available to download FREE in eBook format from 29th February to 2nd March 2024 only. Welcome to the wonderful world of ‘The Scribblers’ and the joyful world of Digit! Discover and encourage your Child’s individual…
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‘Truth’ the 1st principle in Parenting Teens
In my Young Adult fantasy novel ‘The Gamekeepers; the Highland Games’ the character Misneachail teaches the most important concept missing in the 21st Century ‘Truth’. Misneachail epitomises the necessity for calling out the ‘Truth’ and its necessity for the world and society to function. ” ‘A’Damh Misneachail’; Misneachail the…
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SPRING NEWS
Welcome to our quarterly newsletter with the latest Spring News & updates about our new books, ebooks, story times & promotions. Our followers will have enjoyed our FREE giveaway of our Ebook ‘Puppy Love’ in January on Amazon books- ensure you sign-up & follow me & stay in the loop…
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Tips for Helping Creative Children!
What are the Top Tips for Helping Creative Children? As a Creative; Art student, Design Graduate, Maker, Fashion Designer, Product Designer, Illustrator, Writer what helped me growing up as a Creative Child? For me my greatest pride as a 10 year old was the old diary I carried everywhere, which…
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Teaching Kid’s about TRUE Love!
As a parent navigating the various stages in your child’s life can be challenging. As we all know you overcome one challenge and a new one appears. That is the responsibility that comes with the blessing and privilege of being s Mum or Dad! Sometimes it can be difficult to navigate different subjects and find way to introduce and explain emotions, feelings and experiences.
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Top 5 Self Help Books for Teens?
If you are looking for the Top 5 books on Self Help for Teenagers look no further!
The following books are the key classics for both encouraging your young adult to consider personal development & self improvement while discovering a new genre of book!
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Scottish Story Teller & Author 2024
Are you a Story teller?https://denisemckeever.com/scottish-story-teller-author-2024/ #stories #storytelling #bedtimestories #GrannyBurnsStoryTime #GrannyBurns #tellstories #reading #readwritecount #literacyScotland #EducationScotland #KIDS #Kidsbooks
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Christmas Gift for Kids 2023
At this time of year we are all looking for the perfect Christmas Gift for Kids. Christmas is a wonderful time to introduce children to their first experience of reading & discovering different types of books. Whether your child has a special pet, interest in sports, a passion for a…
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The ART of Business! Jack Vettriano
35 years on are Art Colleges teaching graduates how to sustain an income & career in the Arts? Since an early age I have always loved listening to great storytellers; especially authentic life stories. An interest that began listening to my Dad with his adventures as an entrepreneur selling his…
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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023
Scotland has a wonderful and rich reputation for its great cultural and creative events from the Edinburgh International Book Festival to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe one of the greatest celebrations of arts and culture. As an ex-student of Edinburgh College of Art I had the great pleasure of studying and…
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New Children’s Author 2024
What do we need from Children’s Authors and Illustrators in 2022? As a mum of three the past nineteen months could have been either the most positive or most negative experience for my children. So what should a new children’s author be writing about in 2022? What do kid’s need?…
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Why we need to protect the innocence of Childhood!
The Sacred Chapter of Life ‘Childhood- a time and space for only childlike thoughts and things’…..
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How to protect yourself against Negative influences!
My favourite book of all time is ‘Think and Grow Rich’. Over the years I have possessed various editions which I frequently have to replace as I keep giving them away or lending them to someone in need of a little inspiration. My dad first introduced me to the book…
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Favourite best selling Baby books!
What was your first baby book? Can you remember the first book you ever read? My earliest memories of reading are associated with a collection of Ladybird books. Our family book collection included Rumpelstiltskin, Puss in Boots, The Three Billy goats Gruff. Plus The Elves and the shoemaker and my…
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Scottish Children’s Author & Illustrator 2021
What are the challenges of trying to break through as a Scottish Children’s Author & Illustrator in 2021? With the ever growing opportunities and tools available to create and publish your own books in the year 2021 the book and publishing industry is becoming an ever crowded space. Everyone with…
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Why did I start writing & illustrating books for children?
As a Scottish Children’s Author and illustrator I am always inspired by the great authors and illustrators that have came from the United Kingdom from Roald Dahl, J K Rowling, Beatrix Potter, J M Barrie, Michael Morprugo to Julia Donaldson. As a country we have a rich heritage of creativity…
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Who are my Positive Friends?
The great entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie shared with Napoleon Hill what he called the Power of the Mastermind Alliance or in its simplest form the power of Positive Friends. The lessons of ‘Think and Grow Rich’ are as relevant today as they were when published back in 1937. Yet…
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Teach our children the Power of Positive Thinking!
One of the first books I ever read was ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ by Norman Vincent Peale a book that has become one of my life’s mantras. As an adult the core principle that has always served me through life’s challenges, up’s and down’s is having possession of my own mind and my goals and to look for the positive in every given situation- no matter how challenging.
