Tag: fun

Why Where the Wild things Are is my Favourite Children’s Book
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, was a hugely influential book for me. When I first encountered it in the college library in the early 1980s I was bowled over. In this book, I could see how all my various talents might come together. That was the day I realised there was a…

How to draw 16 different moustaches for Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day this weekend in the UK as well as in the US – I don’t know why Mother’s days are different. As a bit of fun, I thought I would show you how to draw several different moustaches, 16 in fact. You could draw them all or choose one and adapt the drawing…
Longsight Big Book Bash on 21st June
I visited Stanley Grove Academy last year and had the pleasure of opening their new library as well as spending a couple of days telling stories, talking about writing and showing how to draw things. They have asked me back! This time to open their Big Book Bash – a whole afternoon of book related…


