Maverick Books

Due to the excitement going on at Maverick last week I forgot to tell you all how my book reading went!  There were lots of children there – all about my age…six, seven and a few eight year olds.  We all wore our dressing gowns and brought our favourite teddy bears.  It was all very exciting. Then everyone sat down to have the Four Little Pigs read to them.  Afterwards… Read More »Four Little Pigs School Reading

There’s something outside I can hear it breathing.  It sounds awful, like bagpipes full of stones.  Perhaps it’s just the neighbour’s cat but something tells me it’s not.  You know when your hairs on your arms stand up on end…Well that’s happening to me at the moment. I hope it’s not the Fearsome Beastie…Perhaps I should take a look?  Here goes…     To find out what the beastie looks… Read More »A Fearsome Beastie?

Fred here!  I have some really exciting news!  So exciting I am thinking of going to buy a new hat…a really big gold top hat! I hear you ask why?  Well Get Ahead Fred won a Bizziebaby Gold award!  I have a speech all ready – I would like to thank firstly and foremost my creator, Daisy Dawes! Then all my milliner friends who keep me up to date with… Read More »Get Ahead Fred wins Bizzie Baby Gold Award

Did you see us?  We were on the TV – my creator Scott and the real Jake.   We were on ITV’s Daybreak just at the time when people watch before going to school.  There must have been squillons of people watching.  It was so exciting – I have been showing it to all my friends!  I recorded it and everything!   We were also in loads of newspapers.  Super Magic Lightning… Read More »Super Magic Lightning Boy on Daybreak!

Detective Jack here! Five months after our planned start date the Dog Detectives are finally cycling, off like a heard of turtles! Wooo hooo! Our plan is to cycle coast to coast across America from St. Augustine, Florida (the oldest city in America) to the beaches of California.  You can follow us on our Books from Bikes blog.  Even though it is the middle of winter the temperatures have been… Read More »Dog Detectives US Tour

Well with New Year well behind me, so is my resolution.   I started today with a full English…yum yum yum!  I just love sausages, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, hash browns, chips, fried bread, a slice of toast covered in butter,  bacon, onions and of course the all important fried eggs. There is nothing better than a full English breakfast to start the day…Now lunch is a whole different matter.  My neighbours… Read More »Mrs MacCready’s Full English

My mummy told me last night all about the Fearsome Beastie.  He lives in a cave and sometimes when you walk near you can hear his tummy growling because he’s hungry. Mummy says that he is really big and has sharp claws and dripping jaws.  No-one has seen him very well but mummy is sure he has two tails and teeth like sharpened nails. He sounds very scary.  I hope… Read More »The Fearsome Beastie

We have an exciting event coming up next Friday (14th): a bedtime party during the daytime! – I am wearing my pyjamas in the Four Little Pigs story so I am already half way there.  It’s with Armadillo, the online book magazine and with Downsend school in Leatherhead. There’s going to be book readings, coco and chocolate cake.  It is going to be so much fun. I won’t be able… Read More »The Four Little Pigs Book Reading

‘Your Dog’   Book Giveaway Competition Winners  We are pleased to confirm that from over two hundred entrants the lucky winners are:    MRS. TRACY J.LISTER    (EAST SUSSEX)  MISS C WILSON   (CLEVELAND)          MRS SHIRLEY FOGARTY   (WEST MIDLANDS)  LINDA OGG        (ANGUS)      MISS TINA BRETT    (ESSEX)  MR ROY BUXTON  (YORKSHIRE)  MISS AP EILELL     (EAST SUSSEX)  DIANE CAMPBELL   (ESSEX)  MISS P KAY (COUNTY DURHAM)  MRS S TAYLOR (EXETER)  CHRISTINE CARDY (SUFFOLK)  MRS H O’CONNOR… Read More »‘Your Dog’ Book Winners!

Hello my name is Mrs MacCready and i’m ever so greedy! Did you have a good Christmas? I did. It started with breakfast. Not too much. I wanted to leave room for lunch. Some porridge, bananas, toast, marmalade, a muffin and a teeny-weeny bit of chocolate. Then I opened my present. I always give myself a big hamper full of my favourite things to eat. Next it was time for… Read More »Mrs MacCready’s New Year Resolution