‘If she could do it, I could try’
Joanna Gutkin, 37, lives in north-west London with her husband Royi, 38, and their children Maya, nine, Rafi, seven, and Yoni, four.
Reading aloud to my two-month-old daughter Maya one afternoon in December 2014, it was one of the happiest parts of our day. Soon enough, I was familiar with the popular children’s authors, and Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom became firm favourites for me and Maya, and later her brothers Rafi and Yoni.
JULIA’S JOURNEY
As a girl, I’d loved creative writing and had gone on to work as a copywriter, but it. Seeing her journey was inspiring. ‘She started with a notebook at home. If she can do it, I can try!’ I told Royi.
