Special edition Vlad book
Do your children want to be authors or illustrators? I’m putting together a project for children at home or in school. The aim will be to involve and engage as many children as possible in meaningful writing. We will be writing a new Vlad adventure together with participating children voting […]
Story Readings on Facebook
Vlad will be joining Kate on the Reading Riddle Facebook page to tell the his stories, talk about history and answer questions. You can see previous readings on Facebook and also find all the latest activities. The final live reading of Vlad and the Space Race is on Wednesday 15th […]
Vlad and the Space Race shortlisted for award
Our exciting news is that Vlad has been shortlisted in the Selfies Award, run by Book Brunch. For once Vlad was not the bug responsible for subsequent events. As things stand the award ceremony has been postponed after the cancellation of the London Book Fair, where the winner was due […]
Join Kate to share ideas on teaching Florence Nightingale
Come to our event at Heath Educational Books, in their amazing showroom in Sutton, on 28th January 2020, 9.00am-12.30pm It is 200 years since Florence was born and 2020 is the UN Year of the Nurse. We will be looking at the historical facts used to write Vlad and […]
Reading in the holidays
Getting homework done over the Christmas period is a hard ask for many children. Whether they are having a good or bad holiday, it is often one packed with expectations, emotions and change – all the elements that make completing tasks quite challenging. If we had one thing we wanted […]
Barnes Children’s Literature Festival
We were absolutely thrilled to be part of this festival, having been along to hear other authors and illustrators in previous years. Not only did we get to appear in the programme alongside our heroes but it was also a chance to appear together running a joint session. The tent […]
Launch of Vlad and the Florence Nightingale Adventure
In November 2018 we launched the latest Vlad book at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. We were joined by friends and family and by Florence herself to celebrate the release on Museum Shop Day and lucky readers got a personalised drawing by Sam in their copies. Miss Nightingale was […]
Behind the books – carrier-pigeons
Behind the books Before writing the first draft of each book I carry out a lot of research, often going down a cul-de-sac (which can be fun but not lead anywhere), or travelling roads that give me atmosphere but no concrete information. But sometimes I find a fascinating fact that […]
Elsley Primary School
We were so lucky to be able to use the lovely new library space for our sessions with Bear, Rhino, Owl and Bison classes. It really is going to be the most amazing resource and gave us plenty of space in which to fight fires and work in groups. Thank […]