Reviews of An Invitation to the Botanic Gardens

Reviews of An Invitation to the Botanic Gardens

Yorkshire Evening Post Explore the incredible Botanic Gardens in all their fascinating colour and detail… this fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the gardens is the ideal and welcoming doorway to learning about the importance of insects, the impact of climate...

The Big Primary Author Week!

The Big Primary Author Week!

  From 17-21 June 2024, ROAR-some adventures await! Get ready to stomp, chomp, and explore during the Reading Rocks Big Primary Author Week! What if dinosaurs roamed the Earth today? What would YOU say to them? Let’s find out with exciting challenges, creative...

Dewie YouTube channel

Dewie YouTube channel

Have you seen Adam on Dewie YouTube channel yet? Dewie is an app to help parents, carers and nursery professionals get their kids ready for school. And the great thing is, it features books by Charlotte and Adam as well! Check it out and subscribe, and let us know...

Kirkus Review of My Big Fantastic Family

Kirkus Review of My Big Fantastic Family

We're delighted that My Big Fantastic Family (illustrated by Ali Pye) has published in the US and received this lovely review in Kirkus Reviews: An honest, encouraging story of a loving, evolving family.

Good Housekeeping US 2023 Best Kids Book Awards

Good Housekeeping US 2023 Best Kids Book Awards

The River That Flows Beside Me is a winner in non-fiction category of the Good Housekeeping US 2023 Best Kids Book Awards: 'In addition to input from literary experts, Good Housekeeping tested the nominations with the best book critics—kids themselves. Helping this...

Countdown to Dewie!

Countdown to Dewie!

We’re on final countdown for going live with Dewie - a high quality ed-tech school readiness programme fronted by Adam and CBeebies presenters, Ben Cajee and Joanna Adeyinka-Burford. With an online, ground-breaking learning tool and app for parents, carers and...

Where Dolphins Play

Where Dolphins Play

In the summer term 2023, Adam wrote a new fiction title for Fiction Express. Fiction Express is an innovative book platform that connects students with professional authors, encouraging reading for pleasure through fun co-creation of stories. Every half-term, three...

Timber Festival 3 July 2022

Timber Festival 3 July 2022

Charlotte will be reading What Did the Tree See? at 2.45 pm at Timber Festival on Sunday 3 July. Come along to hear what inspired her story about an oak tree as it witnesses life changing around it over the course of hundreds of years. There will also be the...

What Did the Tree See? wins Oxfordshire Book Award!

What Did the Tree See? wins Oxfordshire Book Award!

What Did the Tree See? has won the picture book category in the 2022 Oxfordshire Book Awards! From September 2021, children all over Oxfordshire read the shortlisted books, with the winning books determined solely by students' votes. Charlotte and Sam are looking...

I’m Thinking of a Pet wins gold!

I’m Thinking of a Pet wins gold!

I'm Thinking of a Pet has won a gold award for baby and pre-school books from UKMums.tv!     “This brilliant non-fiction board book is perfect for little animal lovers."     The I'm Thinking of... series is illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti and published by Nosy Crow.  ...

What Did the Tree See? supports the National Forest

What Did the Tree See? supports the National Forest

Charlotte's new non-fiction title supports the National Forest Charlotte's new non-fiction title, What Did the Tree See? (illustrated by Sam Usher), will be published on 18 February 2021 by Welbeck Kids. Welbeck has partnered with the National Forest, with a...

Blackwells Oxford Giving Tree Launch

Blackwells Oxford Giving Tree Launch

Blackwells Oxford Giving Tree Launch Come and see us in Blackwells on Broad Street in Oxford on 16 November at 12pm. We'll be reading Countdown to Christmas as part of the launch of their Giving Tree. The branches of the Giving Tree will be covered in tags requesting...

Come and see us at the Edinburgh Festival!

Come and see us at the Edinburgh Festival!

We'll be at the Edinburgh International Book Festival again this summer! We'll be celebrating with a Party for Dads on Wednesday 21 August at 10am. Then Charlotte will be exploring The Skies Above My Eyes on Thursday 22 August at 1.15pm. Come and join...

The First Egg Hunt on CBeebies!

The First Egg Hunt on CBeebies!

In case you missed it, Annette Badland read The First Egg Hunt on the CBeebies Bedtime Hour on Easter Day 2019! You might be able to catch up with it on the BBC iPlayer.

The Hay Festival 2019

The Hay Festival 2019

Our next event will be at the Hay Festival on 1 June 2019 at 10am - hope to see you there!

Outburst Festival

Outburst Festival

On 13 April 2019 we'll be at the Pegasus Theatre for the Outburst Festival. We'll be stepping into stories at 1.00 pm, reading and performing Jellybeans for Giants and Molly's Magic Wardrobe: The Mermaid Mission, with songs, puppets and lots of fun!

Oxford Literary Festival

Oxford Literary Festival

Come and explore The Skies Above My Eyes with Charlotte and Yuval Zommer at the Oxford Literary Festival on Saturday 30 March 2019 at 11am.

Swiss visits

Swiss visits

Last week, Charlotte was lucky enough to visit Geneva English School and Zurich International School. She was blown away by the children's enthusiasm in both schools and was impressed by their inquisitive minds as they explored non-fiction together. They...

Imagine Festival

Imagine Festival

Charlotte will be at the Imagine Festival at the Southbank Centre in London with Yuval Zommer on Saturday 16 February 2019 at 2.00pm. They'll be exploring The Skies Above My Eyes with interactive activities and even some drawing - it's going to be out of...

The Gremlin Gallery!

The Gremlin Gallery!

We have visited a lot of schools lately and the characters that have been going down a storm are the gremlins! Lots of lovely children have watched Chris Chatterton's How to Draw a Gremlin video and sent us some fabulous pictures! We love how every artist gives their...

Books for Christmas!

Books for Christmas!

One of our favourite things about Christmas when our kids were younger was sharing festive picture books with them. We're very excited to have written a few Christmas books ourselves! Here are some you might like to add to your collection.   Christmas Gremlins is...

Come and see us at the Edinburgh Book Festival!

Come and see us at the Edinburgh Book Festival!

We'll be at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Tuesday 21 August 2018 at 3.15 pm. Come and see us for a storytelling session with costumes, puppets and silly songs galore as you join George on his search for a real giant with the latest book in the George's...