Mr Dilly Meets
Virtual Author Event: Children’s Author Bumper Christmas Special
Mr Dilly Meets some of the biggest names in children's books for a free online children’s author book event, Mr Dilly’s Bumper Christmas Special! There's plenty of chat, readings from the author's Christmas books, and a huge hilarious Christmas Quiz for you to join in with in your classrooms! With author guests …Andy Griffiths, Robin Stevens, Mel Taylor-Bessent, Sharna Jackson, Maisie Chan, Ian Eagleton, Patrice Lawrence, Sam Langley-Swain and Jenny Pearson!
VIDEO CHAPTERS
(video chapter links will play on YouTube)
2:39 Mel Taylor-Bessent
15:33 Andy Griffiths
26:37 Ian Eagelton
37:16 Pupils of Year 6 St Saviour Primary School, Bolton, UK
42:55 Robin Stevens - Maisie Chan- Sharna Jackson - Patrice Lawrence
01:01:15 Sam Langley-Swain
01:09:14 Jenny Pearson
01:17:43 Bumper Christmas Classroom Quiz
MEL TAYLOR-BESSENT
The Christmas Carrolls 2: The Christmas Competition - Funny festive middle grade about the world's most Christmassy family from the founder of Authorfy. The Christmas-crazy Carrolls are back – and this time, they have an ice-skating baby penguin!
ANDY GRIFFITHS
The 156-Storey Treehouse - Treehouse is getting festive! With lots of Christmas laughs at every level in The 156-Storey Treehouse, from the worldwide bestselling Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. They've added 13 new levels, including a wishing well, a world-record breaking level, a T.V quiz show (hosted by Quizzy the quizzical quizbot), a lost sausage office, and an amazing mind-reading sandwich-making machine!
IAN EAGLETON
The Woodcutter and the Snow Prince - Another spectacular story from the king of inclusive fairy tales, Ian Eagleton. An exciting adventure in the ice, to warm the coldest of hearts.
ROBIN STEVENS - MAISIE CHAN - SHARNA JACKSON - PATRICE LAWRENCE
The Very Merry Murder Club - A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children’s books today! Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.
SAM LANGLEY-SWAIN
Where Bjorn Belongs - Arthur doesn't like Christmas, the bright lights and bustling streets. When he loses his toy polar bear, he asks Father Christmas for a new one, but then wakes to find a REAL polar bear in his garden! Knowing all about the arctic, Arthur realises that this isn't where his new friend, Björn belongs ... but how will he help his new friend get home?
JENNY PEARSON
Operation Nativity - Winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, Jenny Pearson returns with a Christmas treat. When Oscar and Molly rush outside to investigate a crash in the night, they're not expecting to find a dazed Angel Gabriel wandering around their grandparents' back garden. And they're certainly not expecting to find themselves in a race to save Christmas!
