Mr Dilly Meets

Virtual Author Event: Andy Shepherd and Kate Wilkinson with Zaro Weil

Mr Dilly Meets childen’s authors Andy Shepherd and Kate Wilkinson in this free virtual author event for primary schools. Step into a world of fantasy, fun, adventure and wonder and discover how to grow dragons, and what really lives under the streets of Paris. Plus join in a class drawalong with children’s illustrator Joe Berger, and listen to a brilliant poem from award-winning children’s poet Zaro Weil.

VIDEO CHAPTERS
(video chapter links will play on YouTube)
3:00 Andy Shepherd Interview with Mr Dilly
13:03 The Ultimate Guide for Growing Dragonsreading with Andy Shepherd
16:04 Your questions to Andy Shepherd
25:38 Mr Dilly's Poetry Picks with award-winning poet Zaro Weil
30:49 Kate Wilkinson Interview with Mr Dilly
38:04 Kate Wilkinson and Joe Berger Interview
43:07 Your questions to Kate Wilkinson
47:42 Joe Berger Edie and the Flits in Paris Class DrawaLong
54:46 Join in Children's Fantasy Books Quiz with Andy, Kate & Joe

ANDY SHEPHERD
Mr Dilly talks to the fantastic Andy Shepherd about her best-selling The Boy Who Gew Dragons series, returning with the sixth book in the series, The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons, a charming mix of story and 'guide'. Andy speaks through her ideas and inspirations, takes your questions, and reads an extract from the story and introduces us to her dragon puppet!

KATE WILKINSON & JOE BERGER
Also on the show, children’s author Kate Wilkinson and illustrator Joe Berger, back with a new adventure Edie and the Flits in Paris. The second book in the best-selling Edie and the Flits series - a magical story about friendship, family and the importance of noticing the little things in life. Mr Dilly interviews Kate, we'll be listening to Kate read some of the story, plus a Edie and the Flits class draw a long with Joe Berger!

ZARO WEIL
PLUS on Mr Dilly's Poetry Picks, highlighting children’s poems and poetry, it’s Zaro Weil reading us ‘Hickory Dickory Mirth’ from her latest book in association with Royal Gardens Kew, When Poems fall From the Sky, a fun and magical love letter to earth.