Sheena and I have been busy with events this month and we thought it was about time we shared some of what we have learnt about each other during our many hours on the train. We weeded out all the useless stuff, (yup, my shoe size is size 5), and the good folk at the Carousel magazine let us have a double …

I’m so proud to see that Dave Pigeon has been selected as one of the books The Alligator’s Mouth Bookshop and The Siobhan Dowd Trust will be supplying to the Prison Reading Groups family reading days. This scheme is very special as the Prison Reading Groups Family Days provide books for children visiting a parent in prison and nurture the joy of reading.

It was an early start today as we headed to Tadworth Primary School in Surrey. Sheena and I were greeted with a Dave Pigeon treasure hunt and a huge pile of books to sign before we ran our four workshops with pupils from Year One to Year Six. We created alternative endings for Dave Pigeon and Skipper. First up, Years One, …

Today, Sheena and I continued our month of events with a trip to Chelmsford with Just Imagine. We started our morning at Danbury Park Community Primary School where we met year 3 and 4. I was so impressed by their incredible Dave Pigeon inspired display of maths, science and creative writing work. We worked together to create some brand new villains and a new …

The reader reviewers at Lovereading4kids.com have been let loose on Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) and their reviews are in: ‘Without a doubt a really good laugh out loud book!’ Robert, age 7 ‘I liked this book because it was funny. The pictures are funny too.’ Rebecca Urquhart, age 7 ‘We love it!  The illustrations are excellent. It is a witty and …

Hugest thanks to Emily Beale for this wonderful review of Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) for Reading Zone.

It’s so wonderful to see Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) featured in the City Kids Magazine springtime book review. Have a read of the review here and see the full list of featured books.

Yesterday, Sheena and I were in beautiful Oundle for the Oundle Festival of Literature Kid Lit Programme. We signed a monster-sized pile of books and ran an illustration and story-building workshop with pupils from Easton Garford Primary School, Laxton Junior School, Copthill Primary School, Oundle Primary School, Warmington Primary School and Hezel Leys Academy. The Great Hall in Oundle was …

It’s World Book Day and my first event of the month. Today, I was invited to run a Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) craft workshop at Ashmole Primary School as part of their World Book Day celebrations. This was the first time I was reading from Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) at a school since its release last month. The pupils then created their …