I’m so thrilled that The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes received a starred review in the American Library Association’s Booklist. You can have a read of the review here too. It’s been such an awesome year for Zeb, Marge and Barry and I can’t wait for 2026 when they are back with not one but TWO more books! Watch …
Hello, Port Chalmers!
It’s been a fun morning of story planning and reading at Port Chalmers School today. I started my day with Years 3 and 4 and then Years 5 and 6 and introduced them to the world of The Terrible Trio. It was so brilliant to meet readers who already knew Zeb, Barry and Marge so well and new readers who …
Storylines Notable Book Awards 2025
The Storylines Notable Book Awards 2025 booklists have just dropped and I’m chuffed to bits that The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes has made it on to the Junior Fiction list: The list is packed full of incredible books by awesome authors and illustrators and I’m thrilled Zeb, Barry and Marge are sitting alongside such brilliant fiction for young …
Why Not? and The Terrible Trio Story Workshops
Today, I visited Halfway Bush School to meet all the pupils from Year 1 to Year 6. First up were Year 1 and 2 and I got to share Why Not? with the pupils and surprise them with all the interesting library facts I had been collecting whilst researching the book. After a delicious morning tea of cheese and choccie …
The Terrible Trio x Reading Heroes
I was chuffed to bits to be invited to talk with Rachel and the children who are part of Reading Heroes. I introduced my books, and of course The Terrible Trio, right before we had a reading and created a bunch of new adventures for the characters. We had stories about rainbow rocks, time machines, witches and spider forests and …
The Terrible Trio reading and crafts at the library
The Terrible Trio are on the shelves at Dunedin City Library! To celebrate, I ran a character and crafts workshop in the story pit. We made capes, decorated penguins and I read from the book. We then we created heaps of brand new terrible superheroes including a poo-walking pigeon and a torpedo-eating elephant. Thank you to everyone who came along …
The Serious Business of Funny Books
Scholastic invited me to share my thoughts on funny books. You can have a read of the post here.
The Terrible Trio x Scholastic Book Club Live
Thank you to the 150 schools who signed up to hear all about The Terrible Trio with Scholastic Book Club Live – that’s a whopping 4500 pupils who joined in! I loved sharing a reading from the book and the inspiration behind the story. Minky’s drawalong was so much fun – I can’t wait to see all your drawings of …
The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes is out now!
It’s finally the day The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes hit bookshop and library bookshelves across the world. Yes, that’s right! It’s a world takeover! The Terrible Trio has officially sold into SIXTEEN territories and there is more on the way! In a world where all animals have superpowers, Zeb the zebra, Margarine the penguin, and Barry the lemur …
The Terrible Trio Super Party Book Birthday Launch!
Earlier this week, The Terrible Trio goodie boxes were sent out… The Terrible Trio then landed in the University Book Shop window… Well, that could only signal one thing… THE TERRIBLE TRIO SUPER PARTY BOOK BIRTHDAY LAUNCH was on! Dunedin turned out to pack University Book Shop and help Minky and I celebrate the launch of The Terrible Trio, which …