Oundle Festival of Literature Kid Lit Programme

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

Yesterday, Sheena and I were in beautiful Oundle for the Oundle Festival of Literature Kid Lit Programme. We signed a monster-sized pile of books and ran an illustration and story-building workshop with pupils from Easton Garford Primary School, Laxton Junior School, Copthill Primary School, Oundle Primary School, Warmington Primary School and Hezel Leys Academy. The Great Hall in Oundle was …

World Book Day 2017

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

It’s World Book Day and my first event of the month. Today, I was invited to run a Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) craft workshop at Ashmole Primary School as part of their World Book Day celebrations. This was the first time I was reading from Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!) at a school since its release last month. The pupils then created their …

World Book Day: Agent Fienne is I.P.L.O.P. ready!

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

World Book Day is next week. It’s the day I’m sure any child of a children’s author dreads. My son is no different. He knows I’m going to spend most of February leaving whopping great hints about how wonderful it would be to see him dressed up as a character from the world of Dave Pigeon. And this month has been no …

World Book Day: Make your own Dave Pigeon costume

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

World Book Day is fast approaching. If you are looking for a Dave Pigeon mask then look no further. Use this easy Dave Pigeon mask template to create your Dave Pigeon costume. Embellish with feathers and a sling to complete the pigeontastic look. And do email or tweet pictures of your costumes because we would love to see your creations here …

FCBG Pick of the Year 2016

Swapna HaddowRoosting With Dave

Some rather lovely news this Thursday evening: Dave Pigeon has been selected as one of the top fifty Federation of Children’s Book Groups ‘Pick of the Year’ Books! This is particularly special as it is one of the few lists that is voted for entirely by children. You can have a look at all the brilliant books selected here.