A Chinwag with Andy Griffiths
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10/12/22 • 55 min
We have another special chinwag episode for you this week where we welcomed the brilliant children's author Andy Griffiths. We also had a quick catch up discussing the leaked Ofsted Crib Sheets and the opening line from Don't Stop Moving from S Club 7.
Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors. He and illustrator Terry Denton have collaborated on more than 33 bestselling books since their first title, Just Tricking, was published in 1997.In Australia, Andy and Terry’s books have sold over 10 million copies, won 80 children’s choice awards and 10 Australian Book Industry Awards—including Book of the Year for The 52-Storey Treehouse in 2015.
Their much-loved Treehouse Series has been embraced by children around the world and is now published in more than 35 countries. Five of the books in the series have been adapted for the stage and have all had sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera house, as well as highly successful seasons in the Netherlands, New Zealand and America.
Andy is a passionate advocate for literacy and in 2015 was awarded the Dromkeen Medal to honour his outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature. He is also an ambassador for both The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Pyjama Foundation.
Grab a copy of his new book here - The 156 Storey Treehouse
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We have another special chinwag episode for you this week where we welcomed the brilliant children's author Andy Griffiths. We also had a quick catch up discussing the leaked Ofsted Crib Sheets and the opening line from Don't Stop Moving from S Club 7.
Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors. He and illustrator Terry Denton have collaborated on more than 33 bestselling books since their first title, Just Tricking, was published in 1997.In Australia, Andy and Terry’s books have sold over 10 million copies, won 80 children’s choice awards and 10 Australian Book Industry Awards—including Book of the Year for The 52-Storey Treehouse in 2015.
Their much-loved Treehouse Series has been embraced by children around the world and is now published in more than 35 countries. Five of the books in the series have been adapted for the stage and have all had sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera house, as well as highly successful seasons in the Netherlands, New Zealand and America.
Andy is a passionate advocate for literacy and in 2015 was awarded the Dromkeen Medal to honour his outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature. He is also an ambassador for both The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Pyjama Foundation.
Grab a copy of his new book here - The 156 Storey Treehouse
We would love as many of you to join us on our last show of our 2022 LIVE TOUR AND OUR BIGGEST YET, get sharing in your teacher WhatsApp group and get your tickets here for Newcastle on the 22nd October.
Get your Two Mr Ps in a Podcast MERCH here.
Make sure you share your questions/stories/nominations/confessions: forms.gle/sWCUVURZjtn6GeN16
As always, please subscribe, rate and review.
Join the Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/2mrpspodcast/
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A Chinwag with Rosie Jones
We have a special treat for all of you this week, we welcomed the brilliant Rosie Jones onto the Podcast. We had a brilliant chat about her children's books, the importance of representation and her time at school.
Rosie Jones is a British stand-up comedian, actor and scriptwriter who has written for multiple TV panel shows and sitcoms. Rosie has always longed to be a children’s author and Jacqueline Wilson is her personal hero. Rosie’s writing is inspired by her own experiences of navigating a school with cerebral palsy.
Grab a copy of her new book here - The Big Trip
And grab the first book in the series here - The Amazing Edie Eckhart
We would love as many of you to join us on our last show of our 2022 LIVE TOUR AND OUR BIGGEST YET, get sharing in your teacher WhatsApp group and get your tickets here for Newcastle on the 22nd October.
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A Chinwag with Cressida Cowell
We have another special chinwag episode for you this week where we welcomed Multi-award-winning, #1 bestselling author-illustrator and former Children's Laureate, Cressida Cowell MBE, best loved for her How To Train Your Dragon andWizards of Once series, which have sold over 11 million books worldwide in 42 languages. How To Train Your Dragon is an Academy Award nominated, billion-dollar DreamWorks film series and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC.
Unfortunately, Mr P was struck down with a nasty migraine so it was just the Other Mr P holding down the fort.
Cressida's new series, WHICH WAY TO ANYWHERE (Hodder Children's, HB £12.99), published last week and is an out-of-this-world adventure series about a thoroughly modern magic, unlikely heroes, the meaning of family and how those who seem like they’re worlds apart might just be more similar than they think...
Grab a copy of his new book here - WHICH WAY TO ANYWHERE
We would love as many of you to join us on our last show of our 2022 LIVE TOUR AND OUR BIGGEST YET, get sharing in your teacher WhatsApp group and get your tickets here for Newcastle on the 22nd October.
Get your Two Mr Ps in a Podcast MERCH here.
Make sure you share your questions/stories/nominations/confessions: forms.gle/sWCUVURZjtn6GeN16
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