Karen Inglis

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About Karen Inglis
Karen Inglis is an Amazon bestselling children's author living in London in the UK. She writes picture books, chapter books and short middle grade novels for ages 3 up to 11. Her time travel adventure 'The Secret Lake' topped the children's UK/US and Canadian bestsellers lists in several categories during 2018-2020 and continues to do so at the time of writing. Over 250,000 children have now enjoyed this magical story.
Karen is a big dreamer and thinker and loves taking young readers into worlds where literally anything can happen... like magical time tunnels that take you to meet children in the past, or soccer-mad aliens zooming down from space to hide in your bedroom and watch the World Cup, or library books that suck you down into the story, or magic hats and talking cats! She also loves going into schools and meeting her fans.
Do take a moment to explore Karen's range of books for ages 3-11! Her latest picture book 'The Tell-Me Tree' (June 2020, for ages 4-8), which invites children to share how they're feeling - whether happy, sad or anywhere in between - with friends, family or trusted grown-ups, has received glowing early reviews.
You can find out more about Karen and sign up for news and special offers at her website > kareninglisauthor.com
Karen is a big dreamer and thinker and loves taking young readers into worlds where literally anything can happen... like magical time tunnels that take you to meet children in the past, or soccer-mad aliens zooming down from space to hide in your bedroom and watch the World Cup, or library books that suck you down into the story, or magic hats and talking cats! She also loves going into schools and meeting her fans.
Do take a moment to explore Karen's range of books for ages 3-11! Her latest picture book 'The Tell-Me Tree' (June 2020, for ages 4-8), which invites children to share how they're feeling - whether happy, sad or anywhere in between - with friends, family or trusted grown-ups, has received glowing early reviews.
You can find out more about Karen and sign up for news and special offers at her website > kareninglisauthor.com
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Blog postHello from a cold and crisp London where, like everyone, we were uplifted by news of progress on a Covid-19 vaccine yesterday. What a great end to a very eventful seven days!
Here in England we’ve just gone into lockdown again for a month although, thankfully, most children can still go to school. With socialising time for all ages cut back, one means of escape we still have is, of course, books! On a personal note, I’m now managing to catch up on 45 minutes of reading each morning wh5 months ago Read more -
Blog postIt’s September and back-to-school week here in the UK. Like everyone, I’m keeping fingers crossed that pupils and students will be able resume their school and uni life with as little interruption as possible in the coming months. If you’re farther afield with children studying from home, I do hope you are all managing in this challenging time.
I have a few updates below which I hope you’ll enjoy. These include:
Early feedback from parents and teachers on The Tell-Me Tree A new, f7 months ago Read more -
Blog postA long overdue hello from a cool and breezy London! I hope that you and your family members are staying safe during this very challenging time, and that books have helped offer a means of escape if you’re at home with little ones.
I’ve been extremely busy over the last few months, working on a new picture book (amongst many other things) and am thrilled to let you know that, after a delay waiting for the proofs, it is finally out today! As you can see, it’s called The Tell-Me Tree and9 months ago Read more -
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Blog postHappy Autumn, all! The nights are slowly drawing in here in London and it will be Halloween before we know it, followed by the big rush up to the holiday season. As I write we’re still 85 days away from Christmas (!), however I’m still thrilled to announce that my new picture book The Christmas Tree Wish will be available to order from early to mid October 2019. UPDATE: IT’S OUT NOW HERE ON AMAZON and will be available via bookshops and other online stores from mid October.
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Blog postSummer is here, it’s Wimbledon fortnight in southwest London and it’s not been raining too much for England! But that’s not the only reason to celebrate . I’m thrilled to announce that the audiobook of my Amazon UK bestseller The Secret Lake has just come out and is available to sample for free or to buy now. With its summer mystery adventure theme, the timing couldn’t be better.
The reading age for The Secret Lake book is 8-11. However, the audiobook is perfect for ages 6 a2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt’s a well-known fact that we authors spend a lot of time alone, dreaming up and crafting our stories, discarding some and holding on to a golden few. If the idea takes off, we then spend many more hours, days – and often weeks or months – drafting, rewriting, testing, editing and polishing before finally having the courage to put the story out into the big wide world.
It’s a long (long) process – no matter how short the book. Don’t believe anyone who tells you that writing children’2 years ago Read more -
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Blog postWe’re at the start of the first of two Bank Holiday long weekends this month in the UK — guaranteed to make the nation smile, come rain or shine! However, there are a couple of other reasons why I especially love May. I’ll start with those before sharing other news.
Barnes Children’s Literature Festival – May 11th/12th May is the month in which we have The Barnes Children’s Literature Festival, conveniently held down the road from where I live in southwest London. It’s in i2 years ago Read more -
Blog post>> CLICK OR TAP HERE TO ORDER THE SECRET LAKE ON AMAZON IN YOUR COUNTRY <<
The Story of The Secret Lake
They say the best things come to those who wait: it’s seven years this month since I published my time travel adventure The Secret Lake and I couldn’t be more thrilled that it has become an Amazon UK children’s bestseller both in print and as an eBook over the last four months. (The print book is ranked at just over 300 in the whole of the Ama3 years ago Read more -
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Blog postAnother FIFA World Cup Tournament…
Another Alien World Cup Crossword for the Kids! Hello soccer fans and soccer mums and dads!
Eeek! the soccer-mad alien who ran away to Earth for the World Cup is over the moon (!) to share another World Cup Crossword Puzzle with young readers. It’s been a long four-year wait since the last one! Simply click here or on the thumbnail image to download a copy from Dropbox to print off for the kids. You’ll find the answers too, should you n3 years ago Read more -
Blog postHello from London
We’ve all been enjoying the sunshine today – I hope it’s shining where you are!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here – life is always so busy, what with new books to get out, school visits and all of the marketing tasks I have to keep up with. However, I promised to keep you up to date with what I’m doing and wanted to share two pieces of children’s books news – and to remind you about the World Cup!
Ferdinand Fox and the Hedgehog: a rhyming picture b3 years ago Read more -
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