'The new master of books for children' The Times
Hello! My name is Piers Torday, and I write for children: novels, short stories and plays.
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When Jamie starts writing letters to his dream pet, he doesn't expect to get a reply ..
In anticipation of my debut for Barrington Stoke, and latest book, publishing this May – Letters to a Dog, I got together with my real life dog, Huxley, to tell you all about it.
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Roaming through cities in West Africa and Europe, herds of life-size puppet animals will invade city centres on an epic journey across the world. THE HERDS is a visual dramatisation of the climate cri…
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You can watch my Last Wild video masterclasses and sign up for classroom resources at Authorfy
There are also some excellent free classroom resources for “The Last Wild” provided by Sustainable Learning
Teachers could sign up to CLPE’s excellent Power of Reading scheme and get a whole teaching sequence based on “The Last Wild”.
And you can download activity sheets for Midnight Treasure here!