Good Feathens! It’s the magnificent Dave Pigeon (Racer!) cover. Illustrated by Sheena Dempsey, I’m beyond excited to share the cover of the brand new Dave Pigeon book with you all. Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is out next year in January. Hurrah!
Dave Pigeon translated for the RNIB Library
Wonderful news Dave Pigeon fans! ‘Dave Pigeon: How to Deal with Bad Cats and Keep (most of) Your Feathers’ has been translated into braille and audio for the RNIB Library as part of the Summer Reading Challenge.
Team Dave Pigeon at Manor Park Library with the Discover Story Centre
Both Sheena and I were chuffed to bits to be working with Discover Story Centre at Manor Park library this afternoon. We met with lots of children in the packed library, who were all taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge and got to work creating a flock of brand new pigeons and a brand new adventure for Dave Pigeon …
Dave Pigeon visits North Finchley Library
As part of the Summer Reading Challenge celebrations, Barnet Libraries invited Sheena and I to run our Dave Pigeon workshop at North Finchley library. This meant an awful lot to me as libraries were my favourite places as child (and still are now, quite honestly) and this was my first event at a library in my home borough. We created …
Team Dave Pigeon at The Roald Dahl Museum
Today, Team Dave Pigeon were at the literary home of the great Roald Dahl. If you have ever met me, you will know how much I loved his books as a child and what an inspiration he continues to be to me now that I’m a grown-up writing children’s books. It was a dream come true to be in Great Missenden …
Dave and Skipper have taken over the BookTrust blog
Someone at the BookTrust offices has only gone and left the windows wide open, leaving the office computers unattended, only to be hijacked by Dave and Skipper. Have a read of their guest post over on the BookTrust Blog. I love Sheena Dempsey’s illustrations including this lovely one of the two of us.
Summer Reading Challenge Launch Day
Today is the official launch of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. The theme is ‘Animal Agents’ and Dave Pigeon is one of The Reading Agency’s selected reads this year! Get involved with your local library, read six books, follow the clues and join in with hundreds of events across the nation over the summer break. Team Dave Pigeon will be …
Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) is a Best New Children’s Books 2017
I’m beyond thrilled to see Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) in today’s ‘Best New Children’s Books’ supplement in The Guardian. The supplement is packed full of brilliant new children’s books to celebrate Independent Bookshop Week so do grab a copy if you get a chance and definitely head down to your nearest independent bookshop and show them some love.
Dave Pigeon visits Springwell Junior School
Team Dave Pigeon visited Springwell Junior School in Heston, where we met with one hundred and twenty Year Three pupils. We received a lovely, warm welcome and not just because it was the hottest day of the year, but because the children had been reading Dave Pigeon in their classrooms and were raring to go with creating their own Dave …