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SUMMARY:Lucy Strange Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Lucy Strange\nLucy Strange is the multi-award-winning author of Our Castle by the Sea and The Island at the Edge of Night. Her dyslexia-friendly books for Barrington Stoke include ghost story The Boy at the Window\, historical / mythical mash-up The Storm & the Minotaur and the brand-new mystery Murder on a Midsummer Night. Atmospheric and completely gripping\, Lucy’s books capture elements of classic children’s literature in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s younger readers. \nLucy’s website: www.lucystrange.org/ \nLucy’s Instagram (@thelucystrange) \nLucy’s X (@theLucyStrange) \nWhat to expect from the event\nJoin Lucy Strange for this very special online author event all about her brand-new mystery story Murder on a Midsummer Night!\n\nGet ready for some sneaky peeks into Lucy’s creative process and her sources of inspiration. We’ll be having fun with the mechanics of murder mysteries\, investigating suspicious goings-on\, planting clues and maybe even red-herrings! There’ll be some top tips for young writers too\, so bring your imaginations as you’ll be coming up with ideas for your very own murder mystery story!\nFocus Book\nThe session will focus on the book\, Murder on a Midsummer Night (9780008712792). \n \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order book. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: Murder on a Midsummer Night \nIt’s the night of Sir Percy’s midsummer costume party\, and Mulberry Hall has been turned into an enchanting wonderland. But the evening takes a dark turn when grumpy guest Magnus Cooper is mysteriously poisoned. \nThe bumbling village policeman is baffled\, so it’s down to Eliza\, Bram and Krish to solve the mystery. Can they find out who had access to the bottle of poison? Did a demon really appear in the maze? And what on earth is going on down in Sir Percy’s cellar? \n  \nPublisher: Barrington Stoke
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SUMMARY:Olaf Falafel Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Olaf Falafel\nOlaf Falafel is an author\, illustrator and a stand-up comedian (which is pretty similar to a stand-up chameleon except he doesn’t change colour to blend in with the background). He’s the winner of The Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe and has created and performed several stupidly named comedy shows including Olaf Falafel and the Cheese Of Truth. As well as trying to make people laugh on stage\, Olaf draws a lot and tries to come up with funny ideas for kids books. He also has an Art Club on Youtube full of real drawing tips and facts about famous artists. In 2019 Olaf visited 100 schools in 100 days – and then put his feet up and had a cup of tea. \nOlaf’s website: http://www.olaffalafel.com/ \nOlaf’s Instagram (@olaffalafel) \nWhat to expect from the event\nFar-out fun with Olaf Falafel.\n\nJoin award-winning comedian\, author and illustrator Olaf Falafel for a fun\, interactive workshop inspired by his new graphic novel The Far-Out Five: Portal Loo Panic. Olaf will be telling jokes\, sharing tips on creating funny comics and guiding children through drawing one of his wonderfully weird characters. Warning this event will contain art\, farts and bum-faced woodlice!\nFocus Book\nThe session will focus on the book\, Far Out Five: Portal Loo Panic (978-0241732656). \n \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order book. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: Far Out Five: Portal Loo Panic \nThe Far-Out Five!\nA madcap team of adventurers\, lost far from home without the magical wand that could change them back into a normal group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician… \nSpewnicorn\, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows\nWally\, a pompous and cowardly koala\nTubbs\, a walking bathtub\nBloof\, a blue-footed booby and\nGlossy Jeff\, a really chilled-out seal \nTogether they must sail the oceans and face bizarre creatures\, weird islands and mysterious tasks on their quest to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. \nNow they face an island with a lot of Portal Loos – mobile toilets that are gateways to different interconnected dimensions – obviously! With a rampaging evil impala on the loose\, they must hop from world to world with only the navigational whelks to help them find the way our of this multi-dimensional whirlwind. Will they ever escape? Will Wally ever manage to have a wee? \n  \nPublisher: Puffin
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SUMMARY:Nadia Shireen Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Nadia Shireen\nNadia Shireen is an Official Ambassador for the National Year of Reading 2026. She has won awards for her picture books\, including the UKLA Book Award for Good Little Wolf and Barbara Throws a Wobbler\, which has been described as a ‘little doorway of joy’ by Caitlin Moran. She’s also won the Branford Boase award and been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize\, Oscar’s Book Prize\, Roald Dahl Funny Prize\, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize\, the Lollies\, The Week Junior Book Awards and the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards – and has been Writer-Illustrator in Residence for BookTrust. Grimwood is her first series for older readers. \nNadia’s Instagram (@nadiashireendraws) \nWhat to expect from the event\nWelcome to fantastically funny world of Grimwood!\n\nJoin Nadia Shireen as she takes students into the bonkers world of the Grimwood series. She will introduce them to the crazy cast of Grimwood inhabitants along the way and share what it’s like to be an author / illustrator. A highly interactive event for students aged 7-11 with both a reading and draw-a-long included.\nFocus Book\nThe session will focus on the book\, Grimwood: The Fast and the Furriest (978-1398548893) \n \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order book. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: Grimwood: The Fast and the Furriest \nReturn to the forest where anything could happen… \nLaugh your head off in the brand new adventure in the bestselling\, highly acclaimed\, wildly funny Grimwood series. \nPublisher: Simon & Schuster
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SUMMARY:John Patrick Green Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About John Patrick Green\nJohn Patrick Green lives and works in New York City where he makes books and comics about animals with human jobs\, notably the smash-hit graphic novel series InvestiGators – and its spin-off Agents of S.U.I.T. He’s worked as a comics consultant for Disney\, Nickelodeon and Dreamworks. With over four million copies of InvestiGators – starring Mango and Brash the sewer-dwelling crime busters – in the wild\, he also creates artwork for video games. He lives in a flat in Brooklyn that doesn’t allow any pets\, or animals\, so he has to make do with the ones living in his imagination. \nJohn’s Website https://investigatorsbooks.com/ \nJohn’s X (@johngreenart) \nWhat to expect from the event\n InvestiGators is a side-splittingly funny graphic novel series for readers aged 7+\, jam-packed full of silliness\, puns and mysteries that kids love. Created by John Patrick Green\, who has previously worked on comics for Nickelodeon\, Dreamworks and DC Comics. The series is perfect for emerging readers and fans of Bunny vs Monkey and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Already New York Times-bestsellers the sewer surfing super-sleuths continue to charge up the charts in the UK and this autumn John will be back with us on tour.\n\nMango and Brash are the InvestiGators: sewer-loving agents of S.U.I.T. and scourge of supervillains everywhere!\n\nJohn’s events are:\n• packed full of tips for aspiring writers and artists\n• filled with chat about he started out selling his drawings to his friends\, became a comic book writer\, goes about collecting ideas for new stories\nFocus Book\nThe session will focus on the Investigators series: Investigators\, (9781529054378) and Investigators: Weather or Not\, (9781035068180). \n  \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order book. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: Investigators \nMango and Brash are alligators – who investigate! In their first adventure the crime fighting duo need to go undercover . . . in a bakery? \nArmed with a moustache and a rolling pin\, the Investigators are on a mission to discover who has kidnapped top chef Gustavo\, and stop his recipes from getting into the wrong hands! This case isn’t going to be a piece of cake. \nThe InvestiGators series is a hit with readers of all ages and covers positive themes like: \n\nFun teamwork\nFriendship\nPesky problem–solving\n\nBook title: Investigators: Weather or Not \nThe InvestiGators’ latest case is a dairy disaster! The city’s water supply has been replaced with milk and the newest feline agents\, the InvestiGatos\, don’t seem to be complaining. What’s with the monkey-scientists and why is the rain green?! \nAll will be revealed in this sticky volume of InvestiGators! \nPublisher: Pan Macmillan
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