The Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour took a trip down to Sunny Hull and Sheffield this month with the hilarious Jonathan Meres to entertain over 1400 pupils in 10 different schools! Absolutely everyone that we visited was overwhelmingly enthusiastic, excited and excellent to work with. The teachers and pupils had all prepared in advance – reading up on Jonathan through his website and trying to…
Blimey. Where do I begin? As Julio Iglesias (ask your gran) once memorably never sang, where do I begin to begin? The Scottish Friendly Book Tour has been – and now, in time honoured fashion, has gone again. It’s over. Just like that. And what a week it was. Never mind me educating Yorkshire. If anything it’s been the other way round. Ten schools and…
You probably think it’s all glamour, this book touring malarkey, don’t you? Oh, you don’t? Well could you, please, for the purposes of this blog? Just work with me here. Thank you. So, anyway, as I was saying, you probably think it’s all glamour, this book touring malarkey, don’t you? A succession of glitzy hotels, my every whim being catered to, Jacuzzi in every room,…
Our penultimate day here in Hull and I’m just about to record a little video by the balmy waters of the Humber for Scottish Book Trust in which I will hopefully reveal my ‘Top 3 Tips’ for parents and teachers to help encourage reluctant readers to pick up a book and…well, become less reluctant I guess. At least that’s the idea. Quite what’s going to…
Day two – and try saying that and not doing it in an exaggerated comedy-Geordie accent like the Big Brother voice-over guy. Not that I’d ever watch such lowest common denominator rubbish as Big Brother, you understand. And besides, I’m more of a Strictly man myself. Anyway, it’s the second day of the tour – and also our second day here in Hull. Incidentally I’ve…
At Scottish Friendly, we’re always interested in hearing money saving tips from our customers and we’re very big on savings and investments for families. Before Christmas, we asked you, our customers, to tell us your best #ThriftyFamily ideas for saving money as a family. The winning tip won a selection of six cuddly toys – a prize for all the family. We had lots of…
I consider myself incredibly fortunate to do what I do for a living and if their expressions are anything to go by, so do a lot of other folk. Not only do I get to make stuff up for a living but I also get to travel around a great deal and meet the people I make the stuff up for. By and large children. …
This January the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour will be hitting the road for the first time in 2014 with award winning author Jonathan Meres. The fabled touring mobile will be snaking its way southwards into the heart of Yorkshire for a week of brilliant events in Hull and Sheffield. School will be far from the norm for almost 1500 primary and secondary pupils as…
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