Storytime & Craft at Staple in St Peters
11.30am - 12 noon
Meet Children's author, Lanisha Butterfield, the author of ‘Flower Block’, her debut picture book illustrated by Hoang Giang, published by Puffin.
Lanisha is a lifelong book junkie, whose quiet ambition of becoming an author – long-held and nurtured with lunchtime trips to the local bookshop – were realised during lockdown, with a serendipitous, snap decision to join an online Penguin Children’s Book Workshop.
A woman of Black mixed race heritage, born and raised on a council estate in Oxford, to a hardworking single mother, she is very proud of her working class roots and hopes to challenge misconceptions of council estate life and remind readers – that, no matter where they are from, or what their family might look like, they are just as worthy of fairy-tale and magic, as anyone else.
For ages 3+
There are a couple of seats for adults who wish to attend with their children, otherwise adults will be expected to stand and watch from the main shop area, or enjoy a lovely coffee and pastry downstairs in STAPLE.
Booking essential - online or in store
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£5 per child (includes a paperback copy of 'Flower Block', usually £7.99)... booking is essential due to limited space
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Half Term Happy Reading! Lanisha Butterfield - Flower Block
The Happy Reading Children’s Bookshop (above Staple), 30a Reading Street, Broadstairs
CT10 3AZ
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