‘Fred woke with a start and looked around – his sister was nowhere to be found.’ Photo: Linocut of birds and ferns.
‘One rainy day, in a forest far away, two little birds came out to play.’
Chick lit: Andrew Rutter and Jake Buchanan share a creative spark
by Andrew Rutter and Jake Buchanan
18th September 2020
When the Covid lockdown was introduced, I wrote to a handful of children in our Meeting, sending them this linocut of birds and ferns. I asked them if they would enjoy using their imaginations to write something based on what they saw. Jake, aged twelve, replied with a story he called ‘Lost Love’. It was worth sharing.
