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Age Guideline 4-7
About the Event
We’re celebrating 10 YEARS of everyone’s favourite baking doggy duo, Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam! Celebrate this fur-bulous crime-fighting double-act as they use their doggy detective skills to save the day!
Join Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton for a fantastic event all about these robber dogs turned crime-solving baking duo! Expect interactive storytelling and live illustration, as they bring the series to life. Drawing, games – it’s sure to be PAW-some!
About the Author & Illustrator
Tracey Corderoy grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steeland chemical works. She’s a trained teacher, but now writes full-time in an old damp cottage in a valley in the woods. Her first book was published in 2010, and in March 2023, her 77th. Her passion for nosing into other people's stories began in early childhood, thanks to an ancient set of encyclopaedias and a Ladybird copy of Cinderella.
Twitter: @TraceyCorderoy
Instagram: @corderoyt
Steven Lenton hails from Cheshire and now works from his studio in Brighton, creating an array of charming characters for his books. Best known for illustrating Shifty McGifty series, written by Tracey Corderoy, he has illustrated many lovelybooks and wrote his first picture book with Nosy Crow, Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights. Steven also loves to visit schools, festivals and bookshops, encouraging and inspiring his audience to draw, giggle and create!
Twitter: @StevenLenton
Instagram: @steven_lenton
Teaching Resources
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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.