“You know”, says Joanne, “the way you would be making up stories for the kids going to bed, and a mate of mine asked if I would try write them down.

Joanne Morgan, a mother of three young boys, told such stimulating and imaginative stories to her own offspring that a friend suggested she should put them in a book. A WOMAN living in Portroe who decided to try her hand at writing a children’s book is now about to see her efforts come to fruition as her creation is set to be published this week.