FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS - launch event
My latest book is a lively collection of finger rhymes for children 7 years-old and younger.
In times when children spend hours at a time passively watching screens, FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS swims against that tide. It’s an engaging, active, dynamic reading experience which brings poems and young readers to life.
It’s illustrated by Fiona Woodcock. Her artwork that is beautiful and also – in inviting and inventive ways – shows young readers playful finger shapes for the poems.
Come meet us both and get a signed copy of FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS at a launch event at @papercatbooks (25 Half Moon Lane, London SE24 9JU.) 10.30am on Saturday 12th July 2025. Full details here: https://www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/10-30am-sat-12th-july-craft-story-singing
“A fresh, wonderfully creative, and visually engaging array of rhymes to get kids moving.” Kirkus Book Reviews
“It’s a singsong volume that gets bodies moving and pages turning.” Publishers Weekly
“On the button … these poems won me over.” Tony Mitton
“Genius … consider Five Little Friends your new best friend” School Library Journal
OSCAR'S BOOK PRIZE 2024
WHEN DINOSAURS WALKED THE EARTH has won this year’s Oscar’s Book Prize, for the best UK book for young readers published in the past 12 months.
It’s a story for 3-to-6 year-olds, with uproarious illustrations by bright-eyed Zehra Hicks.
Smallasaurus is a dinosaur with a plant-based diet. She’s after some sweet and juicy ferns for breakfast. But Badasaurus is after a dinosaur with a plant-based diet for breakfast. And what does Worseasaurus want?!
Oscar’s Book Prize is awarded in memory of Oscar Ashton, a boy who loved stories and who died aged just 3 years old. It’s a great way to honour a boy who loved books.
These are times of much talk about creating artificial intelligence, but we know reading books creates REAL intelligence. So here’s to the memory of Oscar Ashton. And here’s to giving children lots and lots and lots of HAPPY READING!
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