Connie the Barbarian
An idea for a picture book, Connie the Barbarian, based on a two-year old terror I know.
An idea for a picture book, Connie the Barbarian, based on a two-year old terror I know.
“We asked Simon to create a portrait as the winning prize for our Extreme Readers competition – which saw children all over the North Yorkshire Coast reading in weird and wonderful places. Simon kept us up-to-date throughout the process and created a beautiful drawing… the winning family absolutely loved it.”
Hannah Riley
National Literacy Trust
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