Books Are My Bag Summer Catalogue 2021

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I’m super chuffed that My Dad is a Grizzly Bear is featured in the Books Are My Bag Summer Catalogue this year. Thank you, booksellers! You can pick up a copy of the catalogue, packed full of brilliant reads, at your local independent bookshop or read it online here.

Last day of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear school tour

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Dapo and I were back with Stories by the Sea Bookshop for the last day of our My Dad is a Grizzly Bear virtual book tour. Today we visited Abingdon Primary where we saw some excellent drawings of bears and were asked questions about what it’s like to be an author and illustrator. And then we joined Swinton Fitzwilliam School …

Stories By The Sea hosts My Dad is A Grizzly Bear

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On our virtual book tour we stopped off at Rosedale Primary School where we met Heather from Stories by the Sea Bookshop and answered lots of My Dad is a Grizzly Bear questions. Some of my favourite questions were ‘is a grizzly bear bigger than Godzilla?’ and ‘is the next book My Mum is Also a Grizzly Bear?’ We then …

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 …

Ballet Bunnies at Stratford Literary Festival

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Millie, Dolly, Fifi, Trixie and Pod danced their way over to Stratford Literary Festival and they took me with them! I had a brilliant time showing off my office and reading some of the Ballet Bunnies to everyone who joined in. And then I recruited my two helpers, my son and my dog, who assisted me in teaching everyone how …

Bad Panda cover reveal

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It’s time to show you the cover of my brand new series with Sheena Dempsey: Bad Panda! The story follows Lin on her quest to lose her cutenesses and was inspired by a Family Haddow trip to China in 2017 where we volunteered as panda keepers: The book is out in July 2021. And don’t worry Dave Pigeon fans, there’s …