Fantastic news for those of you need who need a big children’s book fix! The Children’s Book Spectacular, a group of librarians, editors, literacy agents, teachers and authors, have launched an incredible channel on You Tube so they can bring a whole host of all things children’s books! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! They very kindly asked ME to launch their channel …
Cumbria Life reviews Little Rabbit’s Big Surprise
Thank you so much to Will Smith for this brilliant review of Little Rabbit’s Big Surprise in the March edition of Cumbria Life magazine.
The School Reading List ‘Picks of the Best Children’s Books’
Here at Team Dave Pigeon we are super-chuffed to see Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) on The School Reading List’s Spring ‘Picks of The Best Children’s Books’. Dave Pigeon and Skipper are in excellent company alongside the fantastic books in this selection. You can take a look at the full list here.
Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) is… ‘a real winner’!
Hurrah! Our first review for Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) is in and Dave has passed with flying colours. The North Somerset Teachers’ Book Awards Sue Wilsher describes the latest in the Dave Pigeon series as ‘such a fun story with an appeal across age groups which makes it a real winner‘ and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Have a read …
Dave Pigeon World Book Day Inspiration
World Book Day lands on Thursday 7th March and it’s a double celebration because Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) publishes on that very same day! Every year we love seeing your Dave Pigeon costumes so please do send in or tweet your pictures. Here are some pigeontastic costumes from previous years to inspire your own creations: And if you need a …
Dave Pigeon Competition Time!
Faber & Faber are offering you the chance to win all four Dave Pigeon books AND a cuddly royal pigeon to celebrate the release of Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) in two weeks time! To be in with a chance of winning, tweet a picture of your drawing of your favourite animal as royalty to @faberchildrens on Twitter, using the hashtag …
Dave Pigeon visits Halswell School
Today, I visited Halswell School as their brand new Patron of Reading. On this glorious sunny Thursday, I couldn’t have asked for a warmer welcome from the pupils and staff of Halswell School, lead at the helm by their brilliant school librarian Zac. I introduced the pigeontastic Year 5 and Year 6 pupils to the Dave Pigeon series and our …
Return to Wonderland
I’m delighted to share the very exciting news that Macmillan is publishing Return to Wonderland, a selection of stories for middle grade readers, each written by a different children’s author and one of those authors is ME! More than 150 years since Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first published, readers will get to revisit Carroll’s wonderful characters and I can’t tell …
The reviews for Little Rabbit’s Big Surprise are in…
Now that Little Rabbit’s Big Surprise is officially out in the world, the reviews are coming in and Little Rabbit appears to be going down a treat with readers. Bookwagon describes the book as ‘a truly satisfying book’ in their latest book review round up: And we also have wonderful reviews from North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, The Lancashire Post, …
Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!): sneak peek alert!
For those of you who can’t wait until March to get your hands on the next Dave Pigeon book in the series, Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!), the technical wizards at Faber & Faber are giving you a sneak peek at the entire first chapter! Have a read here of the beginning of Dave and Skipper’s brand new adventure. This pigeon …