Storytime with Daddy

Rory loved listening to stories and he always remembered the ones that Daddy read to him at bedtime.

He wanted to know where stories came from. And he told Daddy that one day he would like to write stories.

And that was why he couldn’t wait to start reading himself.

Rory didn’t think that he would ever get tired of stories!

Alan Pickard has been writing for more than 30 years and has worked in industry where developing training courses led into part-time and full-time lecturing, up to degree level at university.

He is now semi-retired, attends a local primary school every week, listening to children reading and has several books on Amazon, including children’s stories. Alan is passionate about reading and writing and very concerned about how poor reading skills are detrimental to young people’s job and career prospects.