By now a lot of children and families have read/are reading the book and I`d love to encourage more to send in pictures and stories based on the book and to enter the competition...some good ones are going up this week but please do spread the word so the website will become really lively and interactive.. www.gullywith.com and all letters, stories and pictures (scanned and as jpgs please) to mail@gullywith.com.

If you know a school who has the book do give them  a nudge .

While we are on the subject of schools and books, we are now into the 5th month of the Magic Book.  Parcels of new books have been sent to twenty schools as I couldn`t choose just one a month - far too many applicants. One of the problems is that I do not think I am reaching the most needy schools.. who will not know about The Magic Book. I am not sure how to do this. All suggestions welcome. For anyone who does not know what The Magic Book is, I send a box of new books to a primary school which needs them for their library or to help getting a library off the ground. It is by recommendation. As with everything, responses to the parcels have varied ! Two schools sent me absolutely lovely photographs of the children reading the books and giving me a wave, one sent some art work by the children based on the new books.I am not doing this in order to be thanked but thank-yous like that are lovely to have. Not so lovely was the head teacher who said (to the kind parent who had recommended their school and who asked if the books had arrived..) 'Yes, About time these rich authors started to put something back.'