Naomi Jones & Rebecca Ashdown Author / Illustrator event

This event is a special event linked to Dyslexia Awareness Week .

Dyslexia Awareness Week 2023 will run 02 October – 08 October.

About Naomi & Rebecca

Naomi is a children’s author and a poet. Her picture books include The Perfect Fit, One More Try, The Odd Fish, How to Catch a Rainbow, How to Make a Story and Thunderboots. Her books have been published in 19 languages and shortlisted for multiple awards. Naomi lives with her family and their dog in Cornwall.

Naomi’s Twitter (@NaomiJones_1)

Naomi’s Instagram (@naomiandjamesjones)

Rebecca is an award nominated artist and author and maker of books. She is passionate about art and visual literacy and teaches workshops exploring innovative inclusive approaches to making art and telling stories.

Rebecca’s website: rebeccaashdown.me

Rebecca’s Twitter (@FamilyOfBeasts)

Rebecca’s Instagram (@familyofbeasts)

Focus Book

The book focus for this very special event will be Thunderboots.

Thunderboots is an empowering story about starting school with dyslexia that celebrates everyone’s differences.

Buy the book

Buy Thunderboots for your school up to 7 days before the event and we’ll make sure they arrive before the event (please note, you will need to check out the books separately to your tickets as we can not process event credit transactions and card payments in the same transaction).

We will send you a printable pdf with a link for parents to buy the book following the event via email before the event.

What to expect

Join Naomi Jones and Rebecca Ashdown as they share their brand new book THUNDERBOOTS! You will learn how to draw Trixie, listen to their story, play some games, find your inner superhero and have a chance to ask Naomi and Rebecca questions too.

Here’s the author with an introduction to the event to get your pupil’s excited about the event: