Five times 15.
Well, hello there.
Apologies to all of you for not being with you in person.
I have risen from my sickbed to make this recording.
I really was not fit to be with you there myself directly.
I don't think you'd have thanked me coughing and spluttering all over you.
In fact, though, that is a slightly relevant set of circumstances,
me being a bit poorly because the origin of this book.
Let's have a look at the COVID of King Winter's Birthday.
There we are.
That's the COVID of King Winter's Birthday, this new story for children that I've written,
beautifully illustrated by Emily Sutton, whose work you can see right there.
The origin of this book actually goes back to the very last time when I was ill like this,
which is four years ago.
Almost exactly four years ago, I think.
Mark March of 2021.
It was actually the first time I contracted Covid.
And as a lot of people find when they're not well,
you suddenly turn to that pile of books that's been building up on the nightstand beside you.
You know,