This morning The Mini Dictator asked, “So, Grandad, are you an author now, instead of a head teacher?”
We were getting ready to visit Bear Bookshop, because it is one of her favourite places and she has been saving up her pennies and thought she might buy herself a book out of her very own money (and probably knowing that I would buy her one too!)
TMD loves books and is fascinated by authors, has her favourite author (Julia Donaldson) and is always creating her own books. She knows that I wrote WSG and had clicked in her brain that, if I’d written a book, I must now be an author.
When we arrived, with TMD clutching her purse, the wonderful Jenny pointed her towards one of the displays and there was Who Stole Grandma? on an actual bookshelf in a proper bookshop . . . and in that moment I officially ticked off one of my absolute top Bucket List items. Jenny had told me that she had made a space for WSG, but seeing Moosh looking out from her shelf was such a special moment!
Huge thanks to all of you who have helped me get to this point 🙏🏽
And very special thanks to Bear Bookshop (https://bearbookshop.co.uk)
Just for the record: TMD bought herself Zog and the Flying Doctor and, yes, I bought her not one but two more Julia Donaldsons 🤣💜
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