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 Heritage Festival. With a focus on homes and houses it seemed like a perfect opportunity to talk about how houses […]
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 your recycling or stationery drawer. So if you fancy trying something a little different hop over to the Reading Riddle […]
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 beginning to get a good collection, and we thought it would be fun to make an activity that allowed his […]
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 find out what is happening in this and other sessions, go to their website by clicking here.
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 picture or some writing describing what you think our heroes, Vlad, Miu the cat and Kel the tomb-artist are looking […]
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 have had to be cancelled because of covid-19, such as the launch of Vlad and the Space Race, and sharing […]
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 trailer below gives you a flavour of what they contain.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. Thank you to all the children for being such a great audience and asking many perceptive questions. A special thank […]
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 importance of the reading and supporting the local library. Thank you to all the KS1 staff. “Thank you for travelling […]
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 need to keep libraries safely at the core of their local community. The long-term benefits could be significant in terms […]
