Ever since Cable hatched out of his egg, Lorna Chantelle Scott decided she wanted as many young children as possible to know about him and his exploits. So, after she drew and wrote about him, she did exactly that. Lorna reads her books to primary school children in schools around the North East of England and her friends read her books to children in other parts of the UK.
When Lorna is not working, or arduously working on the writing and illustrating of her books, she loves spending time with her friends; doing yoga; visiting art galleries; and going on long walks with Richard, in the countryside, which often give her feet blisters!
Once there was an easily frightened by almost anything, and not particularly sensible crow, named Cable who quit at the slightest hurdle. Bullied by his bossy wife to gather worms for their breakfast, he reluctantly sets about his given challenge, coming face to face with his worst nightmares and some just plain stupid obstacles on his journey. Meeting up with his quirky relatives and friends along this seemingly fruitless journey; does Cable finally succeed with this mission to gather worms? Does he make it back to his home safely in one piece? Join this exasperating journey with this very special crow and find out what happened.
An energetic and charming picture book, containing several short contemporary messages, such as litter and the environment etc., along with eye-popping detailed illustrations. There are nuggets of humour for the grown-ups reading aloud to children although the language is accessible for children to read independently, as they are developing their reading skills.
Cable the Crow continues to fear almost everything, even his own shadow, and is well known for often being just one step away from danger. He is frightened by things that many birds could not care less about, such as scarecrows, golf balls, and Scotsmen’s legs! He is also terrified of things that many birds are fearful of too.
Cable and his wife have always dreamt of going on holiday and now for the first time ever, they have decided to go camping.
Will they choose the right places to pitch their tent? Do they find a proper campsite, or are their choices typically hazardous? What sort of obstacles do you think they may come across? Surely, Cable and his wife Christine can manage this simple task; or can’t they? Join Cable’s tense holiday saga and find out if camping was a success.
With elements of humour, pattern, rhyme, and repetition, the story has an interesting plot that captures the attention of the reader.
The features of this book entail, high quality, engaging, varied, meaningful and colourful illustrations which add to the storyline, in conjunction with the integrated lively memorable text to raise a child’s sense of wonder and imagination.
There are some delicious words that roll off the tongue and beg to be repeated which enticingly connect to the illustrations and provide contextual clues for vocabulary development.
It was good to be back at my local primary school, comfortably ensconced in a corner of the school hall, answering questions pertaining to my being a relatively new author/illustrator of children’s pi ........
My picture storybook, Cable the Crow, was read to local children in Uganda at their school set up by a friend. The teacher enabled them to enjoy the story without understanding the language by imitati ........
Cable the Crow has finally reached Uganda in Africa, after almost three months of traveling via the various postal systems.English is a second language for these children; in this newly formed Ugandan ........
I have a fair few acquaintance, but just about a handful of true friends and Mary is most certainly one of them. Mary is the epitome of Public Relations and commenced by first mailing my book: ‘C ........
During the recent February half term break, I was asked by a friend, if one of Cable the Crow's fans, (who has an immense love of art), could meet with me. Without hesitation, I agreed to the reques ........
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