Dave Pigeon Spooktacular with author Swapna Haddow

Join Swapna Haddow for a spooktacular live workshop session celebrating the bestselling Dave Pigeon series. Dave Pigeon and his loveable sidekick Skipper are back! But beware green cookies have turned everyone in their garden into zombies . . . or are those animals actually just in fancy dress?

Calling all budding authors! Come along to see Swapna Haddow, the award-winning author behind the Dave Pigeon series, for a Halloween story special. In this interactive workshop you will create brand new ideas for pigeontastic adventures, inspired by the latest book in the series Dave Pigeon (Zombies!).

The event will be involve a reading from the new book and a chance to create your very own story plans. There will also be a chance at the end to ask questions and find out what it takes to be an author.

Don’t miss out on this spine-chilling Halloween-themed workshop perfect for a middle-grade audience.

Publisher
Faber Childrens
Author
Swapna Haddow is the award-winning author of the Dave Pigeon books. Dave Pigeon was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2016, selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club, winner of the North Somerset Teacher's Book Award Read Aloud Category 2016, winner of the Surrey Libraries Children's Book Award 2017 and a Fantastic Book Awards 2018 winner. Swapna loves writing about boisterous animals and madcap adventures. She lives in New Zealand with her husband, son and their dog, Archie. (Photo credit: Michelle Beck Photography)
Book
BEWARE THE ZOMBIE COOKIES in this hilarious Dave Pigeon halloween special. Over 350,000 Swapna and Sheena books sold! There are zombie animals in the garden! Dave and Skipper think this is the work of some dreaded green cookies. (Eat them at your peril.) But a cookie's a cookie, and Dave can’t resist taking a peck. Now Skipper is in quite the flap! Is Dave about to turn into a zombie? Or are those animals actually just in fancy dress? Completely daft, eye-wateringly funny and unrelentingly energetic, this is the perfect series for emerging readers.
Availability
Late September/ Early October. Swapna is based in NZ so 9am events are best Open to discussion
Audience
7-9 years
Event Type
Online
Fees
None
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