What can I say about this book - it is exceptional and covers the emotional and deprivation challenges some children face so sensitively. I will definitely be sharing - thank you to Tom Percival for another brilliant read. Kate Daniell (Wigley)

Signed books spotted in Pembrokeshire!

Yes! If you are feeling like a pre-order, then support an independent bookshop!

I sure do…

I love this book by Tom Percival Simon & Schuster Children's Books. As someone who grew up with The Wrong Shoes, this book is a must-read in helping to develop empathy and understanding. Brilliant illustrations capture the challenges & consequences of childhood poverty.

On the 29th August, my newest picture book with Simon & Schuster Children's Books will be published. It's all about the joy of setting off on a reading journey, and the connections that can form in your mind (and the rest of your life!) when you engage with books.

Today is the cover reveal for TJ Klune’s “The Bones Beneath My Skin” Thanks to Katie Klim and everyone at Tor Books (Check Mark) for trusting me and my penchant for practical effects.

You know, I've seen some lovely reviews for the Wrong Shoes from adults and don't get me wrong, that's GREAT, but knowing that young people are reading the book and REALLY getting it, is just amazing!

Simon & Schuster Children's Books StoryWise Agency

In today's video about the themes in The Wrong Shoes, I talk about the choices that Will has to make over the course of the book. Some of these are good choices and some of them... well, some of them are less good. Simon & Schuster Children's Books StoryWise Agency

Cilgerran by Cerys Hafana is an absolutely sublime piece of music. Magical, transcendent and just beautiful. In fact all the songs on EDYF are fantastic and I can’t recommend listening to it enough.

Today's video on themes from The Wrong Shoes explores childhood poverty and financial inequality, and the challenges that children in Will's situation find themselves in.

I’ve admired Phil Earle ‘s writing ever since I first read ‘Being Billy’ back in 2011 (was it really that long ago? Exploding head emoji, etc) Anyway, I was just totally made up that he offered up a quote for The Wrong Shoes and here it is, pride of place on the back cover!

A HUGE amount of sense written here from Gordon Brown:

Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My £3bn plan would give them hope | Gordon Brown | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I just recorded a bunch of videos about The Wrong Shoes like the ones I recorded the other day. I even dragged the same grubby T-shirt out of the wash for continuity, and tried to make my unruly hair look similar, BUT I didn't use the same mic, so it sounds totally different. 🫤

Here is today's video on the themes within my new children's novel, The Wrong Shoes published by Simon & Schuster Children's Books This video explores the hope and suggestion of magic that runs within the book and is a comfort to the protagonist, Will, when he feels at his lowest.

Books on a table in Waterstones! I need to go and see this in the (papery) flesh!

Today I am reading The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival and I'm finding it bringing back so many memories that are hard, because I was a Wrong Shoes kid, but let me tell you this is so, so good, and opening on shoes is genius and here's why....

I do love a great first line!

If you are a teacher you need to read The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival. Poignant with important things to say about child poverty with the most resilient main character you'll ever come across Simon & Schuster Children's Books

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