| Nicola
Davies
"Nicola Davies is an author who gets the balance exactly
right. Her scientific love of the particular translates
into the precise, well-chosen language that so appeals to
children. There is not a word too many, there is not a word
out of place."
The Times Educational Supplement
10 Things You Didn't Know about Nicola Davies
1. I love children's films and cartoons..Lilo and
Stitch is my favourite at the moment.
2. I cry every time in Babe when the pig
says to the sheepdog "Can I call you Mum?".
3. I have Shetland sheep, which I shear using kitchen shears.
4. If I was rich I would fill my whole house with flowers
all the time.
5. I have a sister who looks and sounds just like me.
6. I love singing and I know lots of folk songs (some with
rather rude words!)
7. The top five animals I've seen (and want to write about)
are giraffes, crabs, sperm whales, hummingbirds and jellyfish.
8. I used to study whales in Newfoundland dressed in nothing
but wellies (only on hot days)
9. I drive my family nuts by apologizing all the time.
10. I'm expert at wringing chickens' necks (but I suppose
you didn't really want to know that!)
|
