What a great start to the week – first of all, we managed a mass breakout from the caves by digging a secret tunnel and hiding the molten earth in Tommy’s trousers (although I thought he was supposed to let the soil dribble from the bottom of his trouser leg when we exercised around the puke grass? Instead, Tommy just has swollen trousers). Anyway, this enabled us to start visiting schools for World Book Day… Week… whatever… and I had a terrific time at Icknield Community College in Watlington (where, apparently, Jeremy Irons and Captain Birdseye live).
My second exciting discovery was that HERO.COM 1: RISE OF THE HEROES had won the Weald Book Award! Hurrah!
I must dash, the monsters are searching for me and I have to reach Thomas Bennett School in Crawley before dawn!
02/03/2010 at 4:39 pm Permalink
Yey! Well done, Mr Briggs! The Weald is one of my favourite school visits ever. They have great taste in authors…
04/03/2010 at 1:36 pm Permalink
That’s fantastic news! As soon as I can waddle over to your corner of the cave in these soil-filled trousers, I’ll wish you congratulations!
Who knew Jeremy Irons and Captain Birdseye were flatmates… Mind, I’ve never seen them together – so they could actually be one and the same person!
06/03/2010 at 2:22 am Permalink
good on you,thanks for writing one of my fave series!