I dropped in at the Louisa Cary children’s ward of Torbay Hospital today to donate some of my books. The staff made me feel very welcome and it is a pleasure to support their wonderful work.

HOT DOG HAL is on CBeebies Bedtime Stories this week, read by singer and BBC Junior Bake Off presenter Mark Rhodes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0851fhx/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-568-mark-rhodes-hot-dog-hal

I am looking forward to visiting East-the-Water Primary School, North Devon, on Friday 14 October as part of the Appledore Book Festival Schools Programme.

On Friday May 19th I was honoured to visit Lydeard St Lawrence Primary School in Somerset, to open their new school library followed by two workshops.

Captain Jack and the Pirates, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and published by Puffin Books, is one of eight titles on the 2016 shortlist for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal, presented annually by CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) for … Continue reading →