Padiham Primary School

Tomorrow I'm off to visit Padiham Primary School in Lancashire, so here's a big hello to everyone there... and to everyone that has sent me emails to say hi or to tell me jokes like this one.


Where does tarzan buy his clothes?

A Jungle Sale...

Saffron Walden

Yesterday I drove down to Saffron Walden - nearly 5 hours in the car... phew - ready to visit Katherine Semar Infant School. I stayed the night at the lovely Saffron Hotel and then got up nice and early this morning , had some breakfast, then set off to find the school.

It was great meeting everone at school - especially as everyone was so friendly - and I had a great time sharing stories and talking about writing. There were some wonderful displays on the wall.

Here you can see some fantastic pictures of Snail and Frog ... that have been done by some of the amazing artists in year 2.

In the afternoon I worked with Year 1 and with the reception classes... The day was finished off by a little storytelling session in the hall and then the book fair. It was great to be able to sign some books for people - I hope you all enjoy reading them.

When I visited Miss Garwood's year one class I was amazed to find that they had been making Snail's Running Hats out of clay...

...and what excellent hats they are too.

One of the hats even has a special fan on it to help keep snail cool when he goes running.

Hurray

Hurray… today is the official publication day for Robo-runners Book 1 – The Tin Man so hopefully you will soon be able to find copies of the book in your local library and even in some shops. (you can also buy copies from Amazon.co.uk)

The book doesn’t come out in paperback until next year so not many shops will have it now, but it’s still a great feeling when a book is finally published. It seems such a long time ago that I wrote book one.

The other five books in the series come out later this year – book 2 in April, 3 in June, 4, August, then books 5 and six at the end of the year.

Hello

I’ve been visiting quite a few schools recently and haven’t had chance to say a Big Hello to them in my diary… so here’s a Big Blackpool Wave to everyone at… Caton Community Primary School, Burscough Bridge Methodist Primary School, Hall Green Infant School in Birmingham and to everyone at Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School in Preston… it was great meeting you all and sharing stories.

Loads of Books

I’ve got lots of new books coming out this year… “Hurray” I hear you shout…
The first of these is the paperback edition of Snap! The story of a baby crocodile. You can find out more about Snap! here.