Author Visits: Tyndale Community School

I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to Sara Shabir, Hannah Dawson, and all the brilliant Year 6s, 5s & 4s I met when I visited Tyndale Community School this week!

Year 6 had just finished reading Tyger that morning, and I walked into their classrooms to be greeted by a thunderous round of applause – one of the nicest receptions I've ever received at a school!  I was then shown some of the fantastic work they'd been doing with the book.

There was wonderful artwork and writing of all sorts: Adam debating with himself whether to tell Zadie about the tyger; persuasive speeches to turn the mob on Sir Mortimer Maldehyde; and a brilliant account of using the power of imagination to become an oak tree!  

It was then a pleasure to talk to Years 6, 5 & 4 about reading, writing and books, and to answer lots of questions!  I even decided to read them a little bit from the latest draft of the new book I'm working on.  We didn't have enough time to answer all the questions, so if anyone from Tyndale would like to ask another question, just leave a comment in the box below. 

It was wonderful to end the day with a bookselling and signing session, where I signed books for everyone who wanted one – thanks to the brilliant Caper books for doing such a great job!  And huge thanks again to the wonderful teachers and children of Tyndale for doing such amazing work with Tyger, and for such a brilliant visit – my last of the year, and one of the very best!

Tyger art from Oundle School!

Last month, thanks to brilliant librarian Leigh Giurlando, I had the pleasure of visiting Oundle School, where Tyger had been chosen as this year's book for the Oundle Great Read.  As part of the Great Read, Year 7 & 8 students were asked to create Tyger book covers in their art class.  I loved the results so much, and thought they showed so much brilliant creativity, I just wanted to share a few of them here!

I'd just like to say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to all the children on their work – I could have filled this entire blog with their brilliant Tyger art, these are just a few examples!  And THANK YOU again to everyone at Oundle for reading Tyger, and doing such wonderful work with the book!