{"id":761,"date":"2023-06-05T14:07:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigissuesforlittlepeople.co.uk\/?p=761"},"modified":"2023-06-05T14:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:07:32","slug":"making-hay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samchilds.co.uk\/jesschildsbooks\/2023\/06\/05\/making-hay\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Hay!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hay, Hay, Hay! It\u2019s been a great half term break during which we were blessed with a blissful mix of family, friends and a whole lot of sunshine to welcome us into the first official month of Summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spent a few days in our homeland with our nearest and dearest visiting the world renowned Hay Festival<\/a> and listening to some clever, unrivalled and downright hilarious nursery rhyme recitations from the likes of Helena Bonham Carter<\/a>, Tony Robinson, Ruby Wax, actors Olivia Williams and Sam West, the incredible Michael Rosen, Brian Bilston, as well as Julia Donaldson and her husband Malcolm, to name a few.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also got to take part during this same week in my first book shop \u2018gig\u2019 at the amazing North Books<\/a> on Castle Street in Hay on Wye, where the most wonderful Jules and Amanda could not have been more welcoming, or encouraging. We sang songs, read Ivy and the Mole<\/em>, did a \u2018Feel Good Flowers\u2019 activity together and also had the opportunity to sign a few copies of the book with those who were good enough to pop in to the event and say hi too.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was on the back of having had the good fortune to hear from the amazing team at The Felin Fach Griffin<\/a> before we headed up to Hay as well, who stock both Ivy and the Rock<\/em> and Ivy and the Mole<\/em>, to say they were just about all sold out and managed to replenish the stocks there too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we hot footed it over to West Wales for some much needed \u2018R&R\u2019 to see out half term with some of our best mates in our campervan next the sea, all the while bathed in glorious, unrelenting sunshine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, it\u2019s been a wonderful week reaping the rewards of the time and effort we all put into being with the people we love most in this world – which, as becomes more apparent to me the older I get, is never a day wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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