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This afternoon, Dave Pigeon took over gorgeous children’s bookshop The Alligator’s mouth.

After reading the first chapter and a quick jammy-biscuit refuel, the children took on the challenge of building and decorating their very own bird feeders.

I was blown away by how imaginative and impressive the children were when it came to making welcoming spaces for our feathery friends. The pigeons of Richmond are in for a treat!

Yesterday, The Best New Children’s Books 2016 supplement was available in The Guardian and guess what? Dave Pigeon was in the mix! I’m so over the moon to see Dave Pigeon in the company of so many other fabulous books.

Have a read of this lovely review of Dave Pigeon over on Luna’s Little Library.

It’s Sunday. It’s finally stopped raining. What better way is there to celebrate the end of half term but delighting in books at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival?

Today I was without my trusty partner-in-crime, Sheena Dempsey, so my mission was to recruit young illustrators and designers to help me fill their London gardens with bird feeders for our pigeon friends. And Stoke Newington did not fail to deliver.

After story time, the children got to work designing their bird feeders to give pigeons a safe place to eat their jammy biscuits and croissants without the fear of being pounced upon by naughty cats, hungry for a feathery snack.

And what a brilliant job these budding artists did. Here are some of the bird feeders from today’s workshop.

After, we got to work penning a new adventure for Dave and Skipper. It was full of picnics and cat fights, an electrifying escalator and a mad dash on a scooter to The End where the pigeons found their way to the safety of their bird feeder.

I had such a blast today and thank you so much to everyone who looked after me at Stokey. It was such a brilliant festival and I can’t say thank you enough for the BEST goodie bag ever.

Yippee! Dave Pigeon gets a wonderful review from children’s bookshop The Alligator’s Mouth.

Come along to The Alligator’s Mouth on Saturday 2nd July from 3pm and join me for Dave Pigeon story time and craft fun and build your very own bird feeder.

Have a read of this lovely review of Dave Pigeon here from Lynne Taylor for Books For Keeps.