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Age guideline 7-11
About the event
Join Jenny Pearson to hear some mind-fizzing facts and get the intel on having fun with a record-breaking attempt of your own. Jenny loves a fascinating fact and a wondrous world record. So much so that both her books - The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates and The Incredible Record Smashers are packed with them - to the point where she almost did not write the funny story bit because she was so busy researching!
In Jenny’s latest book, Lucy is a fixer of broken things but she can’t fix her unhappy mum. Until she comes up with an incredible plan to enter the TV talent show Record Smashers with best friend Sandesh. Not content with smashing world records in her writing, Jenny, who is also a primary school teacher, set a Guinness World Record earlier this year alongside the children at her school!
Buy the Book here: The Incredible Record Smashers - Jenny Pearson
How to access the event
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About the Author
Originally from Salisbury, but now based in Durham, Jenny Pearson is a mum-of-two and a primary school teacher, every bit as funny in real life as she is on the page. Her 2020 Costa-shortlisted and Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month debut, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates, was bought in an eight-way publisher auction and established her as a talented new voice in ‘heart and humour’ middle grade fiction. It has also been selected as a 2021 Read for Empathy title as part of EmpathyLab’s annual contemporary collection of empathy-boosting books for young people.
Twitter: @J_C_Pearson
Instagram: @j_c_pearson
Facebook: Jenny Pearson Author
About the festival partner
This event has been programmed by Bath Children’s Literature Festival.
Bath Festivals is a charity that brings you the Bath Children’s Literature Festival, Europe’s largest dedicated children’s literature festival with a vibrant array of talks and activities for children. They are also responsible for The Bath Festival in the summer which bring the city alive with a celebration of music and books in the beautiful venues and spaces of the world heritage city. By creating innovative and diverse programmes, their festivals inspire and provide unique experiences for residents and visitors to Bath and surrounding areas. Their year-round creative learning programme of hands-on music and literature projects gives children and young people opportunities to gain real-world experience, building their inner confidence and improving communication skills through the arts.