Martha is such an inspiration to anyone who wants to make a difference. She is a true hero. --Jamie Oliver Winner of The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Food Blog --The Observer TIME Magazine Top 25 Blogs of 2012 Winner of Liberty Human Rights Young Person of The Year Winner of The Herald Public Campaigner of The Year Martha Payne is nine years old. She set up a simple blog neverseconds where she reviewed her school lunches and talked about healthy eating for children. She hoped to raise a few hundred pounds for her favourite charity, Mary s Meals. After 7 million blog hits, one council led banning, being the number 1 story on every news site worldwide and having raised over £115,000 for Mary s Meals, Martha is one of the biggest news stories of the year. Endorsed by Jamie Oliver and Nick Nairn, her story is extraordinary - the little girl who changed lives in Africa, stood up to the government and won the hearts of people all over the world. Find out the real story of the blog, what happened behind the scenes, learn all about Martha's trip to Malawi and how her work is changing the lives of children there. Every copy sold provides 25 school dinners for children in Malawi through a donation to Mary's Meals. Find out about the most inspirational story of the year and help the fight to end hunger in Malawi.
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Martha is such an inspiration to anyone who wants to make a difference. She is a true hero. --Jamie Oliver
Winner of The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Food Blog --The Observer
Top 25 Blogs of 2012 --TIME Magazine
Winner of The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Food Blog --The Observer
Top 25 Blogs of 2012 --TIME Magazine
Winner of The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Food Blog --The Observer
Top 25 Blogs of 2012 --TIME Magazine
Winner of The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Food Blog --The Observer
Top 25 Blogs of 2012 --TIME Magazine
About the Author
Martha Payne, better known as Veg of neverseconds, is the nine year old author assisted by Dave Payne, her father. They live in Scotland.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased this out of curiousity; many people will recall this story from earlier in the year and now this charity book has been released.
First of all, this is a beautiful book-high quality paper, full colour photos from Martha's blog and lot of pictures of Malawi and the family.
Secondly, what a story. And well told by the father of Martha. If you're a parent, you'll absolutely identify with this book. Imagine if your young child was thrown into being a global star in just a few months-how would ou cope? The answer is that the Payne family seemed to be overwhelmed, but the kids come across as very grounded despite being asked to take part in amazing things that other children would be brattish about. The parents seem very nice and sensible and this is a very warm book. Stories of rejecting Hollywood film deals while going camping give you an idea of this! Likeable, ordinary people in a very unique situation.
I'll now be buying copies for gifts for Xmas. Brilliant stuff.
First of all, this is a beautiful book-high quality paper, full colour photos from Martha's blog and lot of pictures of Malawi and the family.
Secondly, what a story. And well told by the father of Martha. If you're a parent, you'll absolutely identify with this book. Imagine if your young child was thrown into being a global star in just a few months-how would ou cope? The answer is that the Payne family seemed to be overwhelmed, but the kids come across as very grounded despite being asked to take part in amazing things that other children would be brattish about. The parents seem very nice and sensible and this is a very warm book. Stories of rejecting Hollywood film deals while going camping give you an idea of this! Likeable, ordinary people in a very unique situation.
I'll now be buying copies for gifts for Xmas. Brilliant stuff.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I have love the Never Seconds blog since the very public council ban and subsequent retraction.
I've laughed at Martha's humor, learnt about food from all over the world and even been made to reconsider my own relationship with food!
But I didin't realise how touching, heartbreaking, heartwarming and just downright lovely the story of Martha, David and Never Seconds really was!
I have not put this book down since I started reading it (I assumed it would just be the blog in book form) and have absolutely adored every second of their amazing tale!
For all those out there who love amazing stories of bravery, ingenuity and downright adorable children who want to make their dreams (and everybody elses!) come true...buy and love this book!
I've laughed at Martha's humor, learnt about food from all over the world and even been made to reconsider my own relationship with food!
But I didin't realise how touching, heartbreaking, heartwarming and just downright lovely the story of Martha, David and Never Seconds really was!
I have not put this book down since I started reading it (I assumed it would just be the blog in book form) and have absolutely adored every second of their amazing tale!
For all those out there who love amazing stories of bravery, ingenuity and downright adorable children who want to make their dreams (and everybody elses!) come true...buy and love this book!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Bob Johnston
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I bought this book since I've been interested in the Neverseconds story from early on. It is an excellent book but really difficult to describe, and different from what I expected. The book gives the background story of Martha Payne's blog about her school lunches and the world-wide uproar which resulted when the local authority banned her photographing her lunches. The background is provided by Martha's dad David, with blog entries from Martha.
The story of the book can be viewed in a number of different ways:
* A David and Goliath story - big local authority against the ordinary people
* Parents trying to protect their family from media interest and intrusion
* The emerging importance of social media in society
* Working for better school meals
* How unlikely occurrences can provide opportunities to help others.
* The contrast between Scotland and Malawi.
It is a very honest book, and totally different to what I had expected. I had expected that it might just be a rather sentimental retelling of the happenings of the past few months with the main value in buying it being the contibution to Mary's Meals. Not so. The book does not hesitate to talk about bullying at school, about the family struggling to do what was best for all the kids, about thinking (wrongly) that relatives had sold photos of Martha to the media, about the difficulties of decision making in the face of media requests for access and instant responses.
It's the background stuff that makes this book so interesting - how they worked togeher as a family; the involvement of the grandparents; the detail of the confrontation with the council officials; the deviousness of some sections of the press; the offers they were made to go here there and everywhere. This family had the internal resources to deal with the bad things in this and divert them into a good outcome, but it left me wondering if other families would have coped as well.
A great read. But I'm glad Martha has such a good family around her. Being 'famous' at 10 years old is maybe not a good thing. It will be interesting to see what she makes of these past few months when she looks back on it all in a few years time.
The story of the book can be viewed in a number of different ways:
* A David and Goliath story - big local authority against the ordinary people
* Parents trying to protect their family from media interest and intrusion
* The emerging importance of social media in society
* Working for better school meals
* How unlikely occurrences can provide opportunities to help others.
* The contrast between Scotland and Malawi.
It is a very honest book, and totally different to what I had expected. I had expected that it might just be a rather sentimental retelling of the happenings of the past few months with the main value in buying it being the contibution to Mary's Meals. Not so. The book does not hesitate to talk about bullying at school, about the family struggling to do what was best for all the kids, about thinking (wrongly) that relatives had sold photos of Martha to the media, about the difficulties of decision making in the face of media requests for access and instant responses.
It's the background stuff that makes this book so interesting - how they worked togeher as a family; the involvement of the grandparents; the detail of the confrontation with the council officials; the deviousness of some sections of the press; the offers they were made to go here there and everywhere. This family had the internal resources to deal with the bad things in this and divert them into a good outcome, but it left me wondering if other families would have coped as well.
A great read. But I'm glad Martha has such a good family around her. Being 'famous' at 10 years old is maybe not a good thing. It will be interesting to see what she makes of these past few months when she looks back on it all in a few years time.
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A wonderful little girl
I bought this book for 2 of my older grandchildren and I read it too. The story of Martha Payne is an amazing story of a wonderful little girl. Read more
Published 4 days ago by I. Inglis
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Boring
Really dull book, very boring and very disappointing as the TV programme was great. Don't bother, I wouldn't if I were you
Published 2 months ago by Laura
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just had to see what all the fuss was about
well done martha - brilliant book - for someone so young to cause such a stir - i salute you -
it goes to show actually just how youngsters are bothered - and how immature... Read more
it goes to show actually just how youngsters are bothered - and how immature... Read more
Published 3 months ago by sonja sherratt-jenkins
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Martha is an inspiration to all 9 - 90 year olds!
A story of straightforward honest persistence clearly written by a loving father within a close family. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Choppin
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No Payne no gain
Refreshing honest. What an example of good family understanding.
This should be a book that children read to show what can be achieved .
This should be a book that children read to show what can be achieved .
Published 3 months ago by john underwood
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Caring little girl
I was impressed by the caring and considered attitude by Martha and her father. How fascinating to follow her progression from writing a blog about her school dinners to feeding... Read more
Published 3 months ago by ChrisMcT
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Very enjoyable read
This book was well written and a very enjoyable read.Martha Paynes father has managed to put a good book together about this young girls inspiring achievement.
Published 3 months ago by eeyore25
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Never Seconds - Martha Payne
An incredible, heartwarming account of this young girl's battle with authority and subsequent money-raising activities on behalf of the needy in Africa. A joy to read.
Published 3 months ago by Ludder
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A Friend of Neverseconds
A great read taking you on an emotional journey with the Payne family.
Only shame is that pictures didn't show in kindle version.
Only shame is that pictures didn't show in kindle version.
Published 3 months ago by Felipe Perez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good read
A very interesting book. She has done well in bringing school meals into the headlines again, also raised a lot of money for school meals abroad.
Published 3 months ago by Stephen J. Fairbrother
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