My Dad is a Grizzly Bear at Seven Stories

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Dapo and I ran a My Dad is a Grizzly Bear workshop for over 1000 children across the UK with the bear-illiant Seven Stories today. We read from the book, learnt to draw our very own grizzly bears and talked about our favourite crumpet toppings which was lashings of butter and jam obviously. Thank you to everyone who came along. …

My Dad is a Grizzly Bear meets At Home with 4 Indies

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Today, At Home with 4 Indies hosted a brilliant My Dad is a Grizzly Bear event for lots of schools and Dapo and I got to come along! They heard all about how I write and how Dapo illustrates, how much I love pyjamas and how Dapo would ideally have his own illustration cave where he could work in a …

My Dad is a Grizzly Bear with Tales on Moon Lane

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Thank you so much to Tales on Moon Lane bookshop and Corinne for taking me and Dapo on a mini book tour today. We visited Hawkesdown House School where we answered questions about writing, illustrating and what sort of animals we think we are. Then we visited Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School who showed us their amazing grizzly …

My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Kate Poels Writes

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It’s the final day of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour and we are dropping by Kate Poels Writes on Instagram. Have a watch of Kate’s brilliant video review here. Thank you, Kate! Thank you again to all the brilliant bloggers who joined us on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour. Your kind words mean the world to me.

The My Dad is a Grizzly Bear Launch with CLPE

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Thank you to absolutely everyone who came along to the virtual My Dad is a Grizzly Bear launch. It was wonderful to see so many brilliant faces coming along to celebrate along with Dapo and I. Darren Matthews from CLPE hosted the fantastic live reading, drawalong and Q&A where we also got to see Dapo’s early sketches for the book. …

My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Candid Cocoa

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Today on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour we are visiting Candid Cocoa. Have a read of Fabia’s wonderful review of the book and be in with a chance to win a copy of the book here. Thank you, Fabia!