We had Grizzly Bear roars and Lioness hugs aplenty today at my Dunedin City Library ‘Meet the Author’ event. We designed a jazzy pair of togs together that would make sure our Grizzly Bear was the trendiest in the woods. The shorts now take pride of place on my office wall. Thank you so much to everyone who came along …
Lioness at the Reading is Magic Festival
Thank you so much to everyone who watched the My Mum is a Lioness event at the Reading is Magic Festival 2022. I hope you all had huge fun listening to the story and drawing your very own lioness with Dapo. Do send us any pictures of your creations and I’ll absolutely add them to my roarsome gallery.
SuperGrans Storytime
It’s been an awesome three days of storytime with Team SuperGrans and fellow author Emma Wood at kindergartens across Dunedin. We visited six kindergartens in total where Emma and I shared our picturebooks with the children. The brilliant team of grans then took over in the storytime corner and Emma and I created lots of new looks for a Grizzly …
Kaikorai Primary School ‘Paws For Reading’ Book Week
After having to cancel my book week events at Kaikorai Primary School due to COVID, I was finally able to visit today to make up for lost time. It was wonderful to be back at the school where my own mancub had been a pupil and to see their brand new hall. I started my day with the Juniors and …
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear is a winner!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear has won the Woke Babies Book Awards Picture Book of the Year! I’m so proud of this book and thrilled to see it get the Woke Babies stamp of approval. Thank you so much to the judges and everyone who voted.
My Mum is a Lioness at Big DoG
Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in for some My Mum is a Lioness fun. There was stretching… And making… And a reading too! It was the first time I was reading My Mum is a Lioness for a festival and I couldn’t have been more pleased that it was for the Big DoG Children’s Book festival.
World Book Day with DRAKE the Bookshop
Thank you to DRAKE the Bookshop for inviting me to be part of their World Book Day extravaganza. I kicked off the day of author events, with a reading of My Mum is a Lioness. This was the first time I was reading the book at an event, made all the more special by the fact that it’s only a couple of days …
The My Mum is a Lioness Blog Tour
This week the ‘My Mum is a Lioness‘ Blog Tour kicks off! Check out the incredible star-studded blogger line up and make sure you follow them to find out more about the book. Thank you so much to Get Kids Into Books, Kate Poels, The Kids Bookstagrammer, Paper Ren, Edspire, The Book Deli, Bookbound and Raising Small Readers for joining …
Happy My Mum is a Lioness Day!
It’s publication day for My Mum is a Lioness! Our first review is in and it’s a roarsome one Pam Norfolk at the Lancashire Post. If you spot My Mum is a Lioness in the wild, do send me a picture – I would love to know where she is roaming in the world.
It’s 2022!
What a bearilliant start to 2022! Not only were Bad Panda AND My Dad is a Grizzly Bear shortlisted for the Books for Topics Books of the Year 2021 but My Dad is a Grizzly Bear WON it’s category for EYFS Best Classroom Read-Aloud. Thank you to Books for Topics for all your support. I’m chuffed to bits for both …