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SUMMARY:Jennifer Killick Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Jennifer Killick\nJennifer Killick is the author of several series for middle-grade readers\, including Dread Wood\, Serial Chillers and Crater Lake. She loves visiting schools and libraries and has won multiple awards voted for by her readers. In 2024 she was an official World Book Day author. Jennifer lives in West London in a house full of animals\, craft supplies and chaos. When she isn’t writing\, Jennifer loves to walk her dogs\, bake\, paint and sew\, and watch scary movies to help her prepare for the zombie apocalypse. \nJennifer’s website: www.jenniferkillick.com \nJennifer’s Instagram (@Jennifer.killick.56) \nJennifer’s X (@jenniferkillick) \nWhat to expect from the event\nWelcome to the world of demon hunters!\n\nIn this fun session we’ll talk about the inspiration behind Demon Hunters: Soul Feeder\, including the strange things hidden in people’s houses\, and monster and demon legends from around the world.\n\nYour monster knowledge will be tested in a fun quiz and we’ll find out which demon hunting character in the book you’re most similar to. I’d also love to answer any questions you have for me.\nFocus Book\nThe session will focus on the book\, Demon Hunters: Soul Feeder\, (9780008741150). \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: Demon Hunters: Soul Feeder  \nCaiden and Sam find themselves trapped and alone in a vast warehouse with a soul-feeding demon in this hair-raising horror from bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Killick. \nCaiden and his best friend Sam are used to coming across some pretty weird stuff while helping Caiden’s dad in his house-clearing business. But they’ve never seen anything like the grotesque mounted heads of bizarre\, other-worldly creatures they find in what was Sasha Kinski’s home. It’s clear that something awful has happened here\, and it’s not over yet … \nAlone at the company warehouse that evening\, the boys make the terrifying discovery that they have brought an uninvited evil passenger back with them from Miss Kinski’s house. \nWith their very souls in peril\, can Caiden and Sam unravel the mystery in time to save themselves …? \n  \nPublisher: Barrington Stoke
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SUMMARY:Alex Milway Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Alex Milway\nI’m a children’s author and illustrator\, best known for the Hotel Flamingo series. I live near Hastings on the south coast. \nAlex’s website: www.alexmilway.com \nAlex’s Instagram (@alexmilway) \nAlex’s X (@alexmilway) \nWhat to expect from the event\nI will mix live drawing and draw-a-longs\, reading and singing in an engaging interactive event that takes in many elements from my books. \nFocus Book\nThe session will focus on the book\, Captain Sunshine (9781835871577). \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: Captain Sunshine \nt’s Bella’s first day onboard as Captain of the Sunshine! Bella was always going to follow in the same seafaring footsteps as her Aunt Bertha the walrus\, but commanding a legendary cruise ship like the Sunshine is no easy task. It’s no ordinary ship – it’s a ship bursting with animal passengers! From penguins to rhinos\, giraffes to parrots\, life is never dull on board the Sunshine. \nBella has a wonderful crew to assist her – from the weathered sea dog Mr Tatou\, to the bossy passenger liaison officer Mrs Purrpot the cat\, to Flip and Flap\, the young penguin entertainment team – but has she really got what it takes to be Captain Sunshine? \nFull steam ahead for an unforgettable animal adventure! \n  \nPublisher: Piccadilly Press
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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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