Pigeontastic news! Dave Pigeon has joined the collection of books now featured on The Reading Realm app. Developed by school teacher, Ian Eagleton, the app is designed to encourage reading with fun activities paired to each book, with a wide range of books to choose from. Have fun catching up with Dave Pigeon in The Reading Realm and discovering new …
Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) is Children’s Book of the Month at WHSmith Wood Green!
Spotted by a Dave Pigeon fan at the WHSmith store in Wood Green, London. Thank you WHSmith!
Dave Pigeon at KidsFest 2019
Today, I was at KidsFest, in association with WORD Christchurch, at the beautiful Tūranga in Christchurch where I got to introduce an audience to my terrible but financially rewarding habit of telling tales. We had a game of Guess Which Statement Was One of Swapna Haddow’s Many Many Outrageous Lies and then I got to meet with twenty-two budding young …
Dave Pigeon at Queenspark School
Today, I visited years 3, 4, 5 and 6 at Queenspark School as part of their Book Week celebrations. We had a blast talking about imagination and creativity and giving Mean Cat the stories she never had in the Dave Pigeon series. Mean Cat got to meet donkeys, toilets, ponies, a meaner cat and a whole lot of poop. Thank …
An Exclusive Dave Pigeon Chapter for Halswell School
I’ve been busy being Patronly and written Halswell School their very own Dave Pigeon chapter as a HUGE thank you for hosting my wonderful Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) Launch. You can have a read of their chapter below:
The Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) Launch Party
Hurray hurray! The very brilliant Zac and my Patron of Reading school, Halswell School, hosted the Kiwi launch of Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) on Tuesday evening. Thank you very much to everyone who came along to celebrate and for those who didn’t manage to make it, here are some pictures from a most pigeontastic evening:
Dave Pigeon visits Ouruhia School
Yesterday, I was invited to speak to the pupils at Ouruhia School. This was the very first time I was taking Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) into a school and I was excited to meet the pupils and see what that thought of the new book. I was greeted by a brilliant ‘Swapna Haddow’ display in their warm, cosy library. Years …
Dave Pigeon at Auckland Writers Festival
Kia ora, Readers! I’m back in Christchurch after an epic weekend away in Auckland at the Auckland Writers Festival. I was so chuffed to be invited to this brilliant festival to take part in Family Day and introduce the Kiwi kids to Dave Pigeon. Of course, I went along to as many events at the festival. The line up was …
Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is shortlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award
Team Dave Pigeon is celebrating the AWESOME news that Dave Pigeon (Racer!) joins four incredible books on the shortlist for the Alligator’s Mouth Award! The shortlist is packed full with all my favourite books so I’m incredibly proud to see Dave Pigeon (Racer!) flying with these other beauties! Here’s Charlotte Eyre’s article from The Bookseller: Fingers, toes, feathers and claws …