Shifty and Sam on Tour!

We have been on a little whirlwind tour of schools and events over the past few months meeting children from near and far, telling them our tale of the two robber dogs!

Here is a little run down of some of the places we have been...

We recently visited Hornsey Library in Crouch End where we helped to launch this years Summer Reading Challenge which is a great initiative that encourages children to keep reading over the summer holidays whilst collecting smelly stickers, keyrings and gold medals!  

We are so proud that our book has been chosen as one of the books for this years challenge - the overall theme this year is 'Creeeeeeeepy Hoooooooouse', so Shifty and Sam's creeping and sneaking around fits in well!

For more information check out the official site HERE.

Our travels have also taken us to Coventry where we took part in the Coventry Literature Festival and did some great spider designing!  We met some lovely teachers and thats Steven the illustrator folding his arms next to illustration whizz Alex T Smith who was our chaperone for the day.

We had a wonderful day visiting lots of schools in the Chelmsford area and completed our tour with an evening at the beautiful 'Just Imagine' bookshop where Steven did a talk about his illustration and animation career for the Just Imagine Illustration Group.  Here they are with the lovely Nikki Gamble who created both the shop and all its events.

Shifty and Sam even came along on holiday to Florida! Here they are with Steven and his dad in front of  Cinderella's Castle.  It was a bit hot for them but they LOVED all the rides - especially It's A Small World - they couldn't stop humming the tune!