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Don't Let Go by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross always gets me! I have to steel myself to read it out loud.

Thanks, Addy. And Debi Gliori's 'No Matter What' -the UK English non-board book edition. Interesting what Jane said about the US market being happier to have something tear-jerking. 'No Matter What' in the States has a massively toned down ending to remove all reference to death. If you know the book (in the English version), you'll know how crazy that is. The final couple

Something Else by Kathryn Cave and Chris Ridell always kills me with the line, &#39;You&#39;re not like us. You&#39;re something else&#39;. And ditto the line from Dogger. I can almost burst into tears even thinking about Dogger!!! I also love, love, love the line from Tiger Who Came to tea about being in the cafe with all the lights outside..<br />*lies in corner and sobs for rest of day*

Ah, yes! Thanks, Charlotte!

That&#39;s lovely, Clare. Sooo happy Debi&#39;s going to be at Winchester!

That scene in Tiger says so simply and unsentimentally what it&#39;s like to be a child. I also like another book by Kathryn Cave and Nick Maland called, &#39;Friends&#39;. I love this, &quot;when you are lost, in the wood, in the wood, I will find you.&quot; Bravery and friendship in a lyrical line - love it.<br />Now, cheer up, Caroline!

What a lovely post Abby. Wonderful to read about such moving stories, and what they mean to people. Also great to find out about books that I&#39;ve not heard of. I can feel a trip to my local book shop coming on.

I interviewed a bunch of kids about their favourite books and it was interesting that when they started reminiscing about the picture books that they loved when they were barely out of babyhood, they got quite emotional (watch the film <a href="http://www.candygourlay.com/2012/07/we-read-my-diy-documentary-of-what.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>). <br /><br />I so agree with you about Oscar Wilde -

thanks, Sally! Hope you enjoy a good weep!

I love your &#39;We Read&#39; video - such an important film to see, I think. I&#39;d forgotten The Happy Prince and THAT line. Waaaah indeed.

I can&#39;t possibly read this! I&#39;m crying too much! Could someone pass me a tissue?

I meant to say &#39;ALL of the work&#39;

you&#39;ll set everyone off, Jackie!

One line that has always stuck in my mind is from Not Now Bernard - But I&#39;m a monster, said the monster. It may not tug on the heart strings as much as some others but I can still remember the first time I read it - I felt his confusion!

Lovely post. I loved The Maggie B by Irene Haas as a child which is a surreal story about a girl bringing up her little brother on a boat all on her own. Even as a child, I felt there was a sadness to this story although it was a &#39;wish-come-true&#39; and when Margaret sings her brother to sleep, I always feel a little teary.

&quot;Her Mother&#39;s Face&quot; by Roddy Doyle and illustrated by Freya Blackwood. It&#39;s just so beautiful to look at, and I love how the girl struggles to remember what her mother looks like. As she grows up she sees her mother&#39;s face reflected in her own. I was very teary just thinking about my grandparents and trying to remember the sound of my grandpa&#39;s voice. He didn&#39;t talk

I know what you mean although I felt so very sad reading this out loud. Kept wondering if I did that ignoring thing too much. Children just enjoyed it for what it was.

Thanks, Amelia. I don&#39;t know that story but will look it out.

Meant to say, have you read &#39;Bye, Bye Baby?&#39; by the Ahlbergs?

Ah, that&#39;s so sad! And clever with the ending. I love the way pci books can be appreciated at different stages of life.

Great post! Love the inspiring stories of getting published! You&#39;re right Candy, getting published is just the beginning and soon all of them will have many other goals like books sales, reviews, future books! Let the fun begin!

Fantastic post! I really enjoyed reading this. Good luck to all of you!

A fascinating look at making it: best of luck with the next stage of the roller-coaster (watch out for those upside down loop-de-loops).<br />Three cheers for three new books!

You all keep us going - I love Angel&#39;s Fury and can&#39;t wait to read 15 Days Without a Head and Someone Else&#39;s Life...seeing you guys break through has been wonderful x

Can&#39;t wait to read Bryony&#39;s and Katie&#39;s novel but I have read 15 Days Without a Head ... it&#39;s superb! Proud of ya, Davie boy!

Fascinating post - thank you! I loved reading it, and I can&#39;t wait to read the books!

Great post - always so brilliant to read about other people&#39;s writing journeys and sucessess.

Huzzah for the debutantes!

Brilliant post! I now have three more books on my - &#39;summer holiday read&#39; pile. Can&#39;t wait!

A fascinating read showing the fragility of being a writer. Well done all of you and thank you Candy for such a brilliant blog. The photo&#39;s are great. Your children are so beautiful Bryony.

What a great post! I love &#39;my experience&#39; stories, and making it a discussion like this, rather than one person&#39;s view is a fab idea. I&#39;m sure you get more info that way.<br /><br />I&#39;ve added all three books to my wishlist. Hooray for SCBWI for finding and encouraging new talent!

Hooray for the UV alumni. We&#39;re all going to get there eventually...<br /><br />Candy, this must have taken you ages to format! But the conversation style is very nice - just don&#39;t try documenting a whole panel discussion this way!

re formatting - no - the trick is to know how to create the thumbnails and blogger now allows you to re-insert photos without having to upload them again.