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Allison Parkinson
Clear Concise Creative Writing
My Books
Zarif thinks that he is a very important and scary tiger but will a cat-loving lady feel the same? Find out what happens…
While on holiday in the Isle of Wight, London schoolgirl Laurella Swift makes an amazing discovery; she can travel through time and dimensions…
Coming Soon
Fresh from foiling a murder in ancient Persia, London schoolgirl Laurella Swift strides into a second adventure back in time…
Check out my latest books Laurella Swift and the Ocean of Mystery, Tiger's Eye and Tiger Roar
and listen to my stories on my podcast Tiger's Eye Tales
My stories
I’ve written lots of books (picture books and chapter books) but I’m still drawing the pictures for some of them – or reading through others and making a few final tweaks with a red pen!
My stories can be about anything – talking tigers, creepy
clocks, time-travelling 10-year-olds, magic carpets, mischievous babies, over-enthusiastic genies and magical sea glass.
A lot of them celebrate diversity because I think it is important that we should see ourselves when we’re reading a story or imagine ourselves at the centre of an adventure.
Why I started to write
I started to write children’s stories after my daughters (who are mixed race) complained about the lack of leading characters that looked like them – especially in chapter books.
So I created a girl, based on them, called Laurella Swift. I hope you will enjoy reading all about her and her many adventures.
Read my blogs
I love reading children’s books – new ones, old favourites and really old ones that I didn’t get round to reading when I was a child.
I like to make lists of ‘best books’ and then share them with other people so check out my regular blog reviews and see what you think to my story suggestions.