Tommy Donbavand March 2010

• Watch some of the tour footage
• Feedback and Pictures
• Biography

In March we hit the road for our first Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour of 2010 bringing Scream Street author, Tommy Donbavand to pupils in Inverclyde and East Dunbartonshire.

The events were action-packed, full of screaming, smiles and eager readers. We had a ball as did the pupils whose feedback you can read below.

Tour Footage:

Tommy has also created a video blog of his tour which you can watcby clicking on the 'Watch Now' button.

Photographs from The Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour

Pupil Feedback:

"He has inspired my to write my own book." Rebecca, age 9, Lenzie Primary School.

"Tommy came to our school to talk about his books Scream Street. He didn't just read it to us he played games with us." Darren, age 11, Lady Alice Primary School.

"I enjoyed watching Tommy Donbavand. I think he is really funny even though his magic tricks don't work. I also enjoyed learning about his books!" Erin, age 10, St Patrick's Primary School. 

Teacher Feedback:

"The style of presentation was different from other author visits. I really liked the interaction with the children. They were all hooked right at the beginning."

"It was excellent and very well organised. Tommy kept all the children engaged for the whole hour."

"Great - very motivating for the pupils. They have all been reading since the event!"

Biography:

Tommy’s new series of comedy horror novels, Scream Street, is published by Walker Books in the UK, as well as other major foreign publishers in many territories around the world. He has recently written two books for specialist publisher, Barrington Stoke: Zombie!, published late 2009 and The Uniform in 2010.  Tommy spent a year as the writer-in-residence at Seven Stories, the centre for children’s books in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and is very proud to have recently been made the UK’s first RIF Ambassador by Reading Is Fundamental (part of the National Literacy Trust). Tommy writes full-time and lives in Lancashire with his family.  He has started to see sleep as a waste of good writing time.

For more information about Tommy, please visit his brilliant website.