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Sheena and I spent our wintry afternoon today making kites at the brilliant Alligator’s Mouth bookshop. After a reading from the brand new Dave Pigeon book, we were assisted by a group of young illustrators to create a brand new racing pigeon character, inspired by Dave Pigeon (Racer!). The children went on to create their own characters on kites which …

We celebrated World Book Day today with the brilliant pupils of Strand on the Green Infant School. Sheena and I battled our way through a snow blizzard and Arctic temperatures to get there and were greeted with the warmest smiles as one hundred and eighty children helped us create brand new pigeontastic characters and stories. Thank you so much to …

Sheena and I were invited to meet the pigeontastic pupils of St Edmund’s Primary School today. We were so excited to introduce the children to the Dave Pigeon characters and read from the brand new Dave Pigeon book, Dave Pigeon (Racer!). The children helped us create brand new villains, including the terrifying Ibra Kozzie, a half-man half-beast monster who wanted …

It’s another fab review for Dave Pigeon (Racer!) and this time from MinervaReads. Thank you so much for including the brand new Dave Pigeon book in this brilliant round up of new chapter books on the block. Have a read of the full reviews here.

Flumping feathers! Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is BookTrust’s ‘Book of the Day’ and has made the BookTrust’s ‘Books We Love‘ list for this month! I’m on cloud nine here and Dave Pigeon is on cloud naan, because that’s how he celebrates. Have a read of the full review here. Thank you BookTrust!

Last month, I was thrilled to hear that National Geographic Kids were running a World Book Day themed ‘Wonderful Writers’ spread in their next issue. And flabbergasted that they wanted to feature me, alongside many other brilliant authors, as part of their collection of writers! The magazine has just arrived and it looks fantastic. Thank you National Geographic Kids!

As part of her ‘Irresistable Illustrated Fiction‘ round up, librarian Jo Clarke has reviewed Dave Pigeon (Racer!) and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the glowing review: Thank you so much, Book Lover Jo! Have a read of all the brilliant books reviewed here.

Sheena and I visited Plymouth to meet pupils from The Cathedral School of St Mary, St. Andrew’s C of E Primary School and Laira Green Primary School. The Plymouth Schools Library Services team hosted an incredible event at the Guildhall and we couldn’t have been more pleased to debut Dave Pigeon (Racer!) to the brilliant pupils who joined us. Along …

Thank you so much to the wonderful Zoe James-Williams who recently reviewed Dave Pigeon (Racer!) for The South Wales Evening Post. I’m chuffed to bits to see Dave Pigeon (Racer!) getting a 5/5 review. Have a read of all the books reviewed this week here. Photo (c) Zoe James-Williams

Just a day after the book was officially released and the reviews are coming in. I’m so thrilled to share ReadItDaddy’s brilliant post on Dave Pigeon (Racer!). Praised as being ‘pant-wettingly funny’, I’ll leave you to have a full read of the review here. Thank you ReadItDaddy!