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It’s another fab review for Dave Pigeon (Racer!) and this time from MinervaReads. Thank you so much for including the brand new Dave Pigeon book in this brilliant round up of new chapter books on the block. Have a read of the full reviews here.

Flumping feathers! Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is BookTrust’s ‘Book of the Day’ and has made the BookTrust’s ‘Books We Love‘ list for this month! I’m on cloud nine here and Dave Pigeon is on cloud naan, because that’s how he celebrates. Have a read of the full review here.

Thank you BookTrust!

Last month, I was thrilled to hear that National Geographic Kids were running a World Book Day themed ‘Wonderful Writers’ spread in their next issue. And flabbergasted that they wanted to feature me, alongside many other brilliant authors, as part of their collection of writers!

The magazine has just arrived and it looks fantastic. Thank you National Geographic Kids!

As part of her ‘Irresistable Illustrated Fiction‘ round up, librarian Jo Clarke has reviewed Dave Pigeon (Racer!) and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the glowing review:
Thank you so much, Book Lover Jo! Have a read of all the brilliant books reviewed here.

Sheena and I visited Plymouth to meet pupils from The Cathedral School of St Mary, St. Andrew’s C of E Primary School and Laira Green Primary School. The Plymouth Schools Library Services team hosted an incredible event at the Guildhall and we couldn’t have been more pleased to debut Dave Pigeon (Racer!) to the brilliant pupils who joined us.

Along with their own designs, together, the pupils created a new villainous character who was brilliantly named ‘Pointy Crillon’.

The children went on to create a brand new story for Dave Pigeon and Skipper which saw the feathery duo in the Land of Dragons facing off against three dragons with just a marshmallow. Dave and Skipper then had to escape Pointy Crillon via a trapdoor. The pigeons arrived in Candy Land, thinking the coast was clear, only to be set upon by the trio of dragons again. They escaped the hungry dragons, dressed up as candy floss and made it all the way to The End.

Thank you so much to all the staff and pupils who came along and a HUGE thank you to Julia and Team Plymouth SLS who looked after us during our visit.

Thank you so much to the wonderful Zoe James-Williams who recently reviewed Dave Pigeon (Racer!) for The South Wales Evening Post. I’m chuffed to bits to see Dave Pigeon (Racer!) getting a 5/5 review. Have a read of all the books reviewed this week here.

Photo (c) Zoe James-Williams

Just a day after the book was officially released and the reviews are coming in. I’m so thrilled to share ReadItDaddy’s brilliant post on Dave Pigeon (Racer!). Praised as being ‘pant-wettingly funny’, I’ll leave you to have a full read of the review here.

Thank you ReadItDaddy!

Today, Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is officially out in the world and flying free. I can’t wait to hear what you think of the new Dave Pigeon book so do get in touch if you have enjoyed Dave and Skipper’s latest adventures and let me know if you see the book out in the wild.

Photo (c) Daniel Hobden

Our first review for Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is in and I couldn’t be more delighted. Reviewed by the team behind North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, who awarded Dave Pigeon the Read Aloud Award back in 2016, this is a very special review for Team Dave Pigeon. Have a read of the full review here.

Thank you lovely North Somerset teachers!