Get Ahead Fred by Daisy Dawes is published in paperback by Maverick Arts Publishing, priced £5.99. Available now. Charming and original, this new book for children employs an appealing visual style to bring a story about a man, and his new hat, to life. Fred is extremely proud of his hat collection, but when the Queen comes to visit Fred’s hobby lands him in hot water! Deftly created by artist and… Read More »Get Ahead Fred: Press Association Review
Daisy at the Showroom, Sheffield Daisy with Big Fred and Little Fred went to the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield to hold a hat making workshop. Look out for Fred in the Off the Shelf event in October.
Picnic in the Park, Endcliffe Park (Sheffield) Daisy and Big Fred were kindly asked by Rhyme & Reason Bookshop to take part in the Picnic in the Park on 6th June. There were lots of fun and games, with Big Fred meeting the tiger from ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. Big Fred even took part in an egg and spoon race!
G’day mates! I’m Detective Jack and this is my mate, Deputy Poco Loco. We are the Dog Detectives!  With Poco Loco’s nose and my good looks, brains, cunning etc etc, we travel around the world on our bicycles solving crime as we go!  Our latest adventure in Australia is going to be a book. It’s called The Dog Detectives in an Outback Odyssey – so keep an eye out for… Read More »Meet the Dog Detectives
Sorry we haven’t been in touch for weeks. Â It’s just that we only arrived to Koob this morning! Â We missed our last train nearly a month ago from Oxford and so Scampi, Harry and Netty thought it would be a good idea to see how long it would take to get home on the sea tractor! Â We ran out of petrol on many occasions and the seagulls had to fly… Read More »Road Trip!
HHHEEEEELLLLLLOOOOO! It’s Boasting Bear here. We’re going to be in the newspaper….Nah nah nah nah! I am not sure I was supposed to tell anyone, but I just had to! Us Bears are the best! Everyone loves us! Of course I knew that we would make it into the National newspapers. How could we not? With our talent we’ll be on TV in no time. (with me in lead role… Read More »Nice Bear Naughty Bear in the Newspaper
Hello hat fans! I’ve made it into the cinema…Well I may not be on the big screen, but I will be at the Showroom Cinema, in Sheffield on 4th June (a week today!). Then the next day I will be in Leeds Waterstones! I was asked by Rhyme and Reason Bookshop in Sheffield to do a workshop at the cinema. I have lots of things planned…It will be like having… Read More »Fred at the Showroom
The book reading was a success, with everyone having a great time colouring in, listening to the book and meeting Daisy & Fred.
Hello! I’m the new kid on the blog block – I’m Tom from the Four Little Pigs. I’m pretty ordinary. I like computer games, TV and my favourite food is Toad in the Hole (though not the way my Granny makes it!). My Granny is a witch – not a bad one, though her toad in the hole is pretty bad (it hops about too much). I recently got zapped… Read More »Introducing….
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