Category: books

  • New Mudpuddle Farm books by Michel Morpurgo have arrived

    Yay! My copies of the new Mudpuddle Farm books by Michael Morpurgo have arrived. They look just fab! See Haw Hooray is a pair of new stories in which there are major changes at Mudpuddle Farm. I can’t tell you more – you’ll have to read it! the six other titles in the series have…

  • Old jokes are still funny!

    Some old jokes are still funny. I’m currently working on updating the Christmas Stocking Joke Book, which was a number 3 best seller back in 1989 when it fist came out – beaten by Matilda and Prince Caspian! I now have the rights back and I’m updating it to bring out this Christmas – probably…

  • How to paint like Beatrix Potter – Mr Jeremy Fisher

    I think this must be my longest video ever! It’s a video of me trying to paint a page from The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter. I’ve not cut out a huge amount, maybe five minutes, so this is pretty much in real time. My first attempt went very wrong, because I…