Phil Allcock, author of funny book Cantankerous King Colin, visited Tilly’s Coffee Shop last week. Phil read his story Cantankerous King Colin to the children and parents who attended and looks forward to doing more events in the future. Cantankerous King Colin was featured on Cbeebies Bedtime Stories read by Tom Hollander. Cantankerous King Colin is available here.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all! It has been a fantastic year for Maverick and we are looking forward to another year of fantastic books from brilliant authors. See you in 2015.
Very pleased to see lots of sales for Phil Allcock on Amazon for ‘Cantankerous King Colin’ following this quirky and fun book being on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Thoroughly well deserved!
Fantastic to see authors enjoying themselves at the Maverick book party. Presentations were made to; Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson for their ‘Hedgehugs’ Book, ‘Hedgehugs’ Â Family Organiser and ‘Hedgehugs’ 2015 wall calendar. Steve Howson for his book, ‘Hocus Pocus Diplodocus’ Rachel Lyon for her second rhyming book ‘I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn’ Amanda Brandon for her first book ‘A Scarf and a Half’ Alice Hemming for her… Read More »Book Party at the Square Pig and Pen
Tom Hollander will be the celebrity reader of Cantankerous King Colin by Phil Allcock for CBeebies Bedtime Stories. The actor, famous for his roles in Pride and Prejudice and Pirates of the Caribbean, will be on CBeebies on Monday 15th September at 6:50pm. To buy Cantankerous King Colin please click here. Enjoy.
Fantastic to see our new books heading the review section for the Lancashire Evening Post. “A Perfect Summer of Fun” To read all the reviews please click here. Both books are available at many good bookshops and online. Enjoy
Many thanks to Madhouse Family Reviews for their fine appraisal of ‘Cantankerous King Colin’ “It’s a good way of getting kids to point out all the naughty things he does and why they’re bad – Pierre quite rightly said that it isn’t nice to walk up the stairs without wiping his feet or taking off his muddy boots because… Read More »Madhouse Family Review – Cantankerous King Colin
Many thanks to a very good review… to read please click here ENJOY!
Many thanks to the review site- Over 40 and a Mum to One for their review- “This latest book offering I have you left me trying to explain the title to a rather puzzled 4 year old Monkey!” “Cantankerous King Colin is being particularly unpleasant and it takes a very special person to put him in his place. Buy the… Read More »A New Review for ‘Cantankerous King Colin’
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