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
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
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
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
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 …
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
Today, I read My Dad is a Grizzly Bear at the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival as part of the Story Time Double Decker Bus. Kathryn van Beek and I took turns sharing our picture books with two bus loads of children, parents and grandparents. The children helped me read My Dad is a Grizzly Bear complete with actions and …
Hive’s Children’s Book of the Month!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear is Hive’s ‘Children’s Book of the Month’ for May! I’m absolutely buzzing at the news. Thank you so much, Hive!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Kate Poels Writes
It’s the final day of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour and we are dropping by Kate Poels Writes on Instagram. Have a watch of Kate’s brilliant video review here. Thank you, Kate! Thank you again to all the brilliant bloggers who joined us on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour. Your kind words mean the world to me.
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Get Kids into Books
It’s Saturday and on the penultimate day of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour today we are visiting Get Kids into Books. Have a read of Rachel’s wonderful review of the book here. Thank you, Rachel!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Stories for Little Ones
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!