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Article: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Dad is just potty about writing books for kids.
- Article from:
- Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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THEY say everyone has a book inside of them waiting to get out and in Michael Alexander's case, he found inspiration from an unusual source.
Encouraging your child to use the toilet is not the easiest task in the world as any parent knows, so the Peterborough father decided to try to relax little James - who is now aged four - by telling him a story.
The story he told was about a little duck called James who lived next to a lake in Peterborough and discovered lots of new friends while going for a walk one day.
The little duck and his new-found animal friends quickly became a tightly knit group and played all through the summer, until two cruel ...