The Terrible Trio was up for the the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and Wednesday was the day of the big reveal of the winner. I headed up to Wellington for the celebrations and started my day at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, where …
Happy Aotearoa Children’s Book Week!
It’s Aotearoa Children’s Book Week and today, with the amazing help of the City of Literature, I joined Andersons Bay Primary School and Kaikorai Primary School for some Terrible Trio fun. I started my morning at Andy Bay and read from The Terrible Trio. We then got to work creating brand new stories for Zeb the zebra, featuring toilets, the …
The Terrible Trio with Theydon Bois School
I was back with Theydon Bois Primary School today and we were talking about The Terrible Trio! In our virtual visit we chatted about story-planning, terrible superpowers and how to create a story from a pair of socks, a coconut and a plastic cup. The brilliant pupils also had heaps of questions about my books and my characters and reminded …
West Sussex Celebration of Reading
The West Sussex School Library Service’s annual Celebration of Reading was on today and I got to be part of it! I met with lots of classes today, in an online marathon hosted by the SLS, to talk about my books, my inspiration, The Terrible Trio series and to answer lots of questions. We talked about my favourite books, why …
The Terrible Trio is a NZCYA Book Awards Finalist!
Happy, happy day!! The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists have been announced and The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes has made the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction shortlist! I’m chuffed to bits for Team Terrible Trio and over the next couple of months there will be heaps of brilliant pieces …
The Mystery of the Lost Cape is out now!
The Terrible Trio: The Mystery of the Lost Cape is out now! This is the third book in The Terrible Trio series and Zeb the zebra, Marg the penguin, and Barry the lemur continue to unlock new adventures with their unconventional superpowers. Barry comes across a cape that gives him the ability to fly and he finally gets a taste …
Happy World Book Day!
It’s World Book Day and I kicked off my World Book Day celebrations with Cliftonville Primary School. We talked about The Terrible Trio and created heaps of new stories for Margarine the penguin, including a trip to Candyland and competing in the Ocean Olympics. They also had some great questions and we discussed everything from creating book covers to why …
It’s a Top Ten takeover!
The Terrible Trio have taken over the January Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List! I’m so chuffed to see Zeb, Marge and Barry in at number TWO, with The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out, and number FOUR, with The (not so) Superheroes. Thank you so much to all the brilliant booksellers and buyers who have embraced …
And then there were two!
The second book in The Terrible Trio series is landing in bookshops and libraries around the world over the next couple of weeks, starting with the UK! Zeb the zebra, Barry the lemur and Margarine the penguin have the WORST superpowers in the world, and Zeb is sure life can’t get any worse. But when he turns up for his …
Starred review for The Terrible Trio!
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 …
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