It’s day 5 of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour today and StoriesForLittlesOnes has posted about the book on Instagram. Have a look:
Thank you, StoriesForLittlesOnes!
The My Dad is a Grizzly Bear Launch with CLPE
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.
Here’s my very own grizzly bear from the drawalong:
Thank you to Team Macmillan, Team CLPE and Darren for hosting such a wonderful event. I can’t wait to hear what you all think of My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. Happy reading, everyone!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Candid Cocoa
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!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Books for Topics
It’s day three of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour and today we are visiting Books for Topics. Have a read of Alison’s bear-illiant review of the book and be in with a chance to win a copy of the book here. Alison also invited me to pick my top five fictional bears and you can check out my list here. Thank you, Alison!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Picture Book Perfect
Today on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour we visit Picture Book Perfect. Have a read of Rachael’s pawsome review of the book here. Thank you, Rachael!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Library Girl and Book Boy
First up on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour is Library Girl and Book Boy. Have a read of Jo’s beartastic review of the book here. Thank you, Jo!
The Grizzly Bear Blog Tour
Not long now until My Dad is a Grizzly Bear lands on bookshelves! Follow the blog tour on the blogs listed below and on Twitter and watch this blog for links to exclusive interviews, reviews and content.
Children’s Book of the Week!
This week My Dad is a Grizzly Bear is The Independent’s ‘Children’s Book of the Week’, with reviews in the Manchester Evening News, Northern Echo, Express and Star, Bristol Post, Birmingham Mail, Western Mail, South Wales Echo, Coventry Observer, Stratford Observer, Derby Telegraph, Northern Echo, Macclesfield Express, Teeside Evening Gazette, Cambridge News, Ashbourne News Telegraph, Burton Mail, Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Grimsby Telegraph, Nottingham Mail and The Herald too!
Celebratory bear hugs all round! Have a read of the full review here.
Books to make you smile
I’m thrilled to announce that Dave Pigeon has been selected to be part of the ‘Books to Make You Smile‘ list created by The Reading Agency to celebrate their 10th anniversary of World Book Night.
Check out all the books selected for children and young people here and have a fabulous World Book Night on April 23rd!
The Accidental Show with James Campbell
Today, I was one of the guests on The Accidental Show with James Campbell. It was a stellar lineup with Tiernan Douieb, who is a comedy genius and Tom and Ellie Norris, who are classical violinists.
James and I talked about what it’s like to be a writer and which of our books are our favourites. I even got to talk about My Dad is a Grizzly Bear which is out in just over a month! Thank you so much to the brilliant kids who tuned in with their questions – I had a fantastic time!
