It’s the week of World Book Day, so the diary tends to get a bit busy. Yesterday I visited Woodbury Day Nursery and read to the pre-schoolers there. That age group is always a giggle and the visit didn’t disappoint, as I was introduced to various cuddly toys and asked to admire a...

Lovely lazy day sat on Hythe Market in the sunshine yesterday. Sold lots of A Seal Swam In From The Sea in aid of Hythe Ferry, signed a few that people had purchased elsewhere, sketched a few favourite animals for various children, and generally enjoyed being outside. Hythe has absolutely bustling...

World Book Day was stretched over three days for author and illustrator Simon Chadwick, with visits across schools in Hampshire and Dorset. He began the week at Blackfield Primary where the focus was on Simon's The Rubbish Monster Thing book. The book deals with the problem of waste and how we...

Simon spent the day at Avon Valley School in Rugby yesterday with Year 7 and 9 students. Teacher Mr Goldthorpe organised the whole thing and he had these kind words to say:   "What a fantastic thing author Simon Chadwick did today. He drove all the way from the New Forest to Rugby...

As part of the promotion for his novel Natural Phenomena: The Forest Of Endless Forms, Simon visited Applemore College to spend the day with Year 7. The novel is set on an alternate Earth populated by extinct creatures and animals that may have evolved on Earth under different circumstances, so as...

Simon Chadwick's New Forest Friends & The Litterbugs has been chosen as the featured story for the Romsey Storytelling Festival. The trail opended today, with the pages from the book distributed across ten shop windows throughout the town.   Simon was on hand to take part...