I love doing school visits.  Generally I do talks for classes in years 1, 2, 3 and 4.  I bring hats, play games, and talk to children about my experience of becoming a writer.   I've done stand up comedy in the past so my visits are entertaining and make children laugh.  Both boys and girls love Boobela and Worm.

Since I started writing at 7 and sold my first play at 11, I know that childen want to write and can do it at a high level.  I hope to inspire them to do this.

Situated as it is between picture books and chapter books, Boobela is ideally suited to encouraging kids to read more.  

For more details about my school visits go to Contact an Author.

The Times Education Supplelement did an article about one of my school visits.
To see it, click here.

To contact me about a school visit, email joe@boobela.com.

Reviews and Links

In this section I will have links to both reviews of the Boobela books and resources for children wanting to explore the topics covered in the website at greater depth.

Reviews

My first and still my favourite.

Boobela and Worm chosen as one of the top ten books

A review for teachers from Write Away

A review of the CD

Links

Clare Holland designed this website. If you like it, you might want her to design yours! I can thoroughly recommend her. She's at www.clareholland.net.

Sarah Hodder designed the books. She also does hand-painted ceramics and will paint cups, plates and bowls to order. Her website is at: www.sarahdesign.co.uk.

Elisabeth Brooke. a qualified herbalist and author of several books on herbalism, has been a source of information on both herbalism and the development of Boobela's special magic. You can find out more about her at: www.elisabethbrooke.co.uk.

Colin Beatty, is a qualified teacher of the Alexander technique and the Shaw Method of Swimming. He advised me on the swimming story in Boobela, Worm and Potion Power. You can find out more about him at: http://helpyourself.me.uk/asp/Personalities.asp.

The SAS (Scattered Authors Society) is a wonderful and supportive group for published writers of children's books. Check out their site to discover lots of new authors to read. http://scatteredauthors.org/index.htm