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Amanda Brandon will be at Felixstowe Book festival this June to share her first book A Scarf and a Half and her second book A Box of Socks as part of two very knitty, very crafty reading sessions! Amanda will be at Felixstowe Library in the children’s section running two different events on Saturday 27th June. The first session will… Read More »Socks, Scarves and Sheep at Felixstowe Book Fest!
Phil Allcock, author of funny book Cantankerous King Colin, visited Tilly’s Coffee Shop last week. Phil read his story Cantankerous King Colin to the children and parents who attended and looks forward to doing more events in the future. Cantankerous King Colin was featured on Cbeebies Bedtime Stories read by Tom Hollander. Cantankerous King Colin is available here.
It’s World Book Day next week! World Book Day is all about celebrating books and getting children excited about reading. At Maverick, a love of books is at the heart of what we do. We create inspiring picture books with the aim of getting children excited about stories and encouraging them to learn to read those stories for themselves. Reading and books are, of course, a huge passion for our… Read More »It’s World Book Day next week!
Amanda Brandon, author of ‘A Scarf and a Half‘, visited Jacqson Diego Story Emporium to create the biggest scarf mural the world has ever seen! Amanda read the story of Little Lionel and his Granny to the children and then they enjoyed plenty of fun scarf and knitting related activities! Amanda said that the children most enjoyed seeing just how many people could be wrapped in ‘Granny Mutton’s scarf –… Read More »Amanda Brandon’s mural and a half!
Tracy Gunaratnam visited Dulwich Books last Saturday to read her first published picture book ‘Preposterous Rhinoceros.’ Tracy is one of Maverick’s newest authors and we are very excited about her book and expect it to become a favourite pick for bedtime in many households! Tracy said about her first book event: ‘I had a lovely time at Dulwich Books, the staff were so helpful and  the children were great. The… Read More »Tracy Gunaratnam’s preposterous visit to Dulwich Books
Alex English, author of Yuck! said the Yak, visited Dulwich Books last Saturday for storytime. Alex started the morning by reading one of her favourite picture books from her childhood, The Tiger who came to Tea by Judith Kerr. She then read her own book, Yuck! said the Yak to the eager children and then offered her thoughts on their yak masterpieces as they did some colouring in! All in… Read More »Yak visits Dulwich Books
Amanda Brandon’s book A Scarf and a Half has earned high praise this week. In anticipation of her book event with them later this month, Jacqson Diego Story Emporium in Westcliff on Sea, has named A Scarf and a Half ‘one of the best picture books of the year.’ Amanda Brandon will be visiting the Story Emporium on Saturday 31st January. She will do a reading and join in with… Read More »A Scarf and a Half is knitting up a storm!
Tracy Gunaratnam, author of Preposterous Rhinoceros will be visiting Dulwich Books in London for story time on Saturday 31st January. Preposterous Rhinoceros will be released in January and is a fantastic book about learning to read for the first time. Tracy will read Preposterous Rhinoceros and then will be available to sign copies of her book. There will also be plenty of Preposterous themed activities! Dulwich Books does story time every… Read More »Tracy Gunaratnam to visit Dulwich Books in January!
Alex English, author of Yuck! said the Yak will be visiting Dulwich Books in London for story time on Saturday 24th January. Yuck! said the Yak was published September 2014 and is a great hit with young children. Alex will read Yuck! said the Yak and then will be available to sign copies of her book. There will also be plenty of Yak themed activities! Check out the Yak cake… Read More »Alex English to visit Dulwich Books in January!
Amanda Brandon, author of A Scarf and a Half, is not only a brilliant children’s writer, but also an avid knitter! We have shared her very own scarf and a half here before, but now she’s putting it through its paces and teaching children all over that you can indeed have a laugh with a scarf… Children enjoyed a competition to guess the length of Granny Mutton’s scarf at an… Read More »A scarf which just keeps on growing…
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