Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!): Foyles Waterloo Staff Pick

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

Chuffed to pieces to see that Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) is a ‘Staff Pick’ at Foyles Waterloo. Thank you so much to Henrike and the staff at Foyles for your wonderful support (and pigeontastic taste in books). (Photo courtesy of Chitra Soundar)

Dave Pigeon visits St Bartholomew’s Primary School and Cranleigh Primary School

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

Sheena and I were back in Surrey today. This time we were visiting St Bartholomew’s Primary School and Cranleigh Primary School. We started our morning with the brilliant Year Three and Year Four pupils at St Bartholomew’s Primary. We created lots of brand new pigeon characters, as Sheena guided us through a shape challenge drawing tutorial. We then created two …

Dave Pigeon at Read to Inspire

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Today, Sheena and I were at the University of East London. We weren’t in front of our usual crowd of five to eleven year olds but instead met with a hundred student teachers who were just months away from going in to work in primary schools. Led by the wonderful Nikki Gamble of Just Imagine, we were part of the …

Team Dave Pigeon features in Carousel Magazine

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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 …

Prison Reading Groups

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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.

Dave Pigeon visits Tadworth Primary School

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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, …

Dave Pigeon’s Day Out in Chelmsford

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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 …

LoveReading4Kids reviews Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!)

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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 …