Selby District Children's Reading Festival

This weekend saw the first Selby District Children's Reading festival. www.selbyCRF.com

Organised by the brilliant children's author Christina Gabbitas, creator of Felicity Fly and other poetry books for children. www.poemsandpictures.co.uk

I was invited along to sign my new book "I Want Puppy" and it was a brilliant success. Everybody seemed to enjoy the festival and hopefully it will be the first of many.

I sold several copies of my books including A Knight Before Christmas and the Dinki colouring book. One little boy spent ages scrutinising the Dinki Comic Collection and his mam ended up buying it for him, He was still reading it quite a while later as they were going.

The other authors and illustrators were really great to meet and the kids loved them. My boy Tommy particularly liked Blue Peter award winning Andy Seed and his new favourite superhero Rappaman (a.k.a. Donavan Christopher) who was really entertaining.

A quick update for 2017

Things are moving forward with more book and illustration projects coming together for 2017. I've also been working with Rich who has made great progress with bringing together a new more arcadey version of Zombie Piranha. I will post more updates and progress pics on the Putty CAD Games page here. We're aiming to have a fully playable version for the Leeds Games Expo in April.

I'm proud to once again be a judge and ambassador for Children's Reading Festivals UK. http://www.childrensreadingfestivals.com/ please check out the website for more details and if you have children make sure they check out the Poems and Pictures Poetry initiative created by Christina Gabbitas which is now in it's fifth year! Make sure you tell their teachers too, as the best poems will appear in the next volume of Children's Poems. The topics this year are Seasons and Climate Change.
http://www.poemsandpictures.co.uk/competition/index.html

I will also be attending the Selby children's Reading festival on Saturday 25th March. Please come along if you want a signed copy of my children's book A Knight Before Christmas. Click on the image below to visit the website.

A Knight Before Christmas - Paperback OUT NOW

A new paperback version of "A Knight Before Christmas" has been released on Amazon!

BUY IT ON AMAZON

The North Pole has been invaded by a fire breathing dragon. Santa must travel back in time in search of a brave knight, to deal with the menace, or Christmas will be ruined forever! A Rhyming picture storybook for all ages!


At 8.5" x 8.5" square with 24 full colour pages would make an ideal stocking filler for the little ones this festive season!

Dinki's Dinosaur Adventure Colouring Book OUT NOW!

Dinkis-Dinosaur-Adventure-Colouring-Book

My first colouring book is out now! Please send photos if you buy it and let me know on twitter @cartoonsbyRic or @dinkidinosaur CHEERS! ;) Ric

Dinki - collected comics on Kindle!

Hello my friends! Just wanted to let you know that the Dinki comics collection is now available on Kindle as one bumper book featuring all 12 mini comics!

It's less than £2.50 for ALL 12 issues from the year of Dinki daily doodles 2013.

Grab it now on Kindle! If you need the app it works on all major platforms and devices!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B018KNBWOG?*Version*=1&*entries*=0

Felicity Fly meets the Dragon Fruit and Friends - Book launch today!

The new book I illustrated is out today! "Felicity Fly meets the Dragon Fruit and Friends" Launching at WHSmiths, Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield. Go along and meet the author Christina Gabbitas and grab a copy of the book! For more information about the book and Christina's other works visit her websites: www.felicityfly.co.uk and www.poemsandpictures.co.uk

Please check out the schools poetry competition too: www.poemsandpictures.co.uk/competition

A Knight Before Christmas - Grab my new book totally FREE for a limited time!

"A Knight Before Christmas"

Download my brand NEW book now! Totally FREE for a limited time! A rhyming picture book for all ages, download the DRM free PDF file to your computer, tablet or smartphone. A great Christmas story to read to your kids.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD - FREE PDF eBOOK - approx 10MB

A massive thanks to the people who donated to my indiegogo to help get the book made and who's names appear in the back of the book!