Writing

The Story Mouse have created their first ever educational app – with Bertie guinea pig at the helm! Bertie’s ABC is packed full of fun and aimed at young learners who are just starting to recognise and learn letters and sounds. It uses picture cards and audio to help the child learn shapes and sounds. There’s […]

Bertie’s app has a new addition! Bertie’s Christmas Carrot was added to the collection this week.  This festive tale of cavy capers is the sixth story in Bertie’s app, written and narrated by myself, illustrated by Liz Lewis and published by The Story Mouse. It’s available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.You can hear a sample […]

Bertie now has five tales in his collection. A new story, Bertie Visits the Vet was added last week to the app, which is available in App Stores around the world. The story will hopefully be joining The Storymouse collection of audio tales on British Airways flights too. You can hear a sample from the […]

The Stories of Bertie the Guinea Pig are now available on selected long haul British Airways flights. Bertie’s joined The Story Mouse collection of audio stories available as in-flight entertainment for children travelling with BA. If you’re travelling long haul over the next few months, please listen out for him! You can hear all about Bertie […]

I’ve just launched Bertie’s very own website! http://bertieguineapig.com I’ve been working with artist and designer Liz Lewis (who illustrated the Bertie stories in his app) to produce a bright, colourful and easy-to-navigate site full of information about the stories, Bertie’s friends, the pets who inspired the tales and some great activities for children too. Hope you enjoy it. I’ll be blogging on there […]

Look out for a great feature on Bertie and Jenny in the current issue of Guinea Pig Magazine. I’m currently writing another article for them about one of my other guinea pigs, Sophie – who had a talent for opening doors… more on that in issue 7!        

Would you like to hear all four Bertie stories? I’ll be at Hexham library on Saturday 3rd December, 10am-11am. Why not come along and hear Bertie squeak? Please contact the library to book a place, click here for more info.      

I’ve just had an article published about Bertie and Jenny, the gorgeous guinea pigs who inspired my Bertie stories. on the American cavy website, Guinea Pig Today If you’re a guinea pig fan and you’d like to know more, look out for a feature on Bertie and Jenny in the UK’s Guinea Pig Magazine in the next […]

Bertie is now available on the App store! The Stories of Bertie the Guinea Pig is an app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with four virtual books for children. The first one, Bertie and the Big Squeak is absolutely free! Beautifully illustrated, these short read-along tales are aimed at pre-schoolers but great for guinea pig lovers of any age and feature my present […]