Come and join me to find out more about the Great Fire of London, the sources and artefacts, and how to get the most from Vlad and the Great Fire…
Last year, when the first lockdown started, we began a project to write a special edition Vlad adventure. Like all his stories it would be based in historical fact and…
What was different about life in 1666 compared to our lives now? Come find out in this free session! We are very excited to be part of this year's Wandsworth…
We've been making lots of craft activities linked to the various Vlad flea books. All of them have been tested, filmed and use materials that are easy to find in…
Vlad loves his hats! Early on he insisted that he got a new hat for each book, so he was suitably dressed for the adventures. Five books in he is…
On Thursday 18th February, Kate and Vlad will be reading Vlad and the Florence Nightingale Adventure as part of the Team London Bridge Cultural Festival. To register for free and…
The latest Vlad adventure is out and this is your chance to win a signed copy and a Vlad flea goodie bag. To enter you need to send us a…
In July we sold our 10,000th Vlad book and decided to have a small celebration with some specially made Vlad cupcakes. It's been a strange year and some exciting opportunities…
Join us to write a special edition Vlad book. Find the 5 videos guiding you through the project on the Write With Vlad tab or by clicking here. The short…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
World Book Day at Broadwater School was colourful and exciting with some fabulous costumes. We had three assemblies with the different year groups when I talked about being a writer.…
We had a great trip up to Manchester to visit the three Year 2 classes in Wilbraham Primary School. We finished off with an assembly for KS1 talking about the…
This is a call to action! An appeal to educators across the country to do something that would encourage their pupils to read more, and connect with the urgent…
Last Summer I fulfilled a dream, and better still it was a joint project with my eldest son, Sam. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to…