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Cath Jones interview with The Letterpress Project!

The Letterpress Project recently posted a wonderful interview with Bonkers About Beetroot and The Smart Hat author Cath Jones.  Cath has been a librarian, teacher and community gardener before deciding to take the plunge to become a full time author of picture books, early readers and junior fiction. In the interview she talks about her earliest experiences as a reader, her favourite books and what qualities make a book exceptional.… Read More »Cath Jones interview with The Letterpress Project!

My Book Corner gives top marks to Blue Band Early Reader The Smart Hat!

My Book Corner posted a fantastic review for blue band Early Reader The Smart Hat by Cath Jones and illustrated by Paul Nicholls: ‘I imagine that children who are reading this themselves, will really enjoy the story. Having worked in schools myself and sat with children listening to them read, I know only too well that some of the stories in early readers can be lacking. Not The Smart Hat – it… Read More »My Book Corner gives top marks to Blue Band Early Reader The Smart Hat!

Cath Jones wows young fans at book events in September and October!

Cath Jones enjoyed a fun visit to The Sheen Bookshop on the 13th of September where she read from her Early Reader The Smart Hat and got stuck into some zany hat making! On the 13th of October she met a gaggle of eager young fans at the Stream Walk Community Garden in Whitstable for a preview reading of her new picture book Bonkers About Beetroot. What a wonderful morning! If… Read More »Cath Jones wows young fans at book events in September and October!

‘It has to be beetroot chocolate cake every time’ Cath Jones takes to the dance floor & answers a few questions in Words & Pictures

Debut author of Bonkers About Beetroot Cath Jones has been selected to take the floor in Justin’s Debut-Dance Ball in the latest issue of Words & Pictures, the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators online magazine!  Over a warming glass of beetroot schnapps (‘Wow!’) she reveals her favourite tunes to write by, discusses the inspiration behind the book and hints at future stories in which ‘carrots, beanstalks, and pickled onions… Read More »‘It has to be beetroot chocolate cake every time’ Cath Jones takes to the dance floor & answers a few questions in Words & Pictures

Look out for Cath Jones’ bookshop events coming to Kent and SW London!

Maverick author Cath Jones will be touring the bookshops of Kent and SW London this autumn reading from her new picture book Bonkers about Beetroot and Early Reader The Smart Hat and enjoying craft activities! Don’t miss an event near you: Wed 13th September, 10.30am The Sheen Bookshop, 375 Upper Richmond Road SW14 7NZ. The Smart Hat. Reading followed by hat making. Monday 23rd October, 3.00 pm, Waterstones Canterbury, 6-8… Read More »Look out for Cath Jones’ bookshop events coming to Kent and SW London!

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