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The Knight School Rules

A recent personal project, a concept for a middle-grade chapter book.

"The Knight School, a place where every chapter is a new quest, and a new lesson to learn. Just try not to fall foul of the Knight School rules…"

"The Knight School Rules" book concept, personal project, featuring cartoon knights in armour."The Knight School Rules" book concept, personal project, featuring cartoon knights in armour."The Knight School Rules" book concept, personal project, featuring cartoon knights in armour.
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“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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