"It was great for the young people to meet an author and hear how you go about writing. The youngsters got a lot from the session, they were lively and animated and asked questions. It was of real benefit to have the presentation. We were really impressed that you felt able to join in with the session and were flexible enough to "go with the flow" A great visit - looking forward to the next one."

"One thing the children/ staff mentioned about your visit was that they loved it when you read your stories/ poems to them!  You can never read too many stories to children!
The staff felt having a 'real' author's perspective on writing has had a positive impact on children's attitudes towards writing - especially some reluctant writers. Mentioning how you think of ideas anytime/ any place has made the children think about how to edit and reflect on their creative writing."

"The authors were both great.  The children were very excited to meet them and they were a real wow factor for our Book Week.  Leyland and David (Satchell) both carried out well prepared talks which were thoroughly enjoyed by all.  Leyland's 'Butt glue' reference went down a storm and the children still giggle about it now.
Thank you for your time and please pass on to the authors a very big thank you from Kingsbridge Primary School."
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I am more than happy to recommend Leyland as a visiting author. 

Leyland worked hard prior to his visit making sure that ourselves, visiting classes and he himself were happy with all the arrangements.

Throughout the day of Leyland’s visit we held 2 sessions with visiting classes from local schools, each session has approximately 60 children and lasted for 1 hour.  We also held an after school session to which members of the public could attend.

As well as talking about his life as an author he used a PowerPoint presentation to run a fun quiz with the children based on ‘Which Witch is Which?’

All in all a very pleasant day was had by all.

"Fabulous fun"

"A darling little book."

Please visit SuperBusyMum's blog site and read the full review.

Thank you.

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