David Litchfield is back at the South Ken Kids Festival 2018 !
David Litchfield is a British author and illustrator. He started drawing at a very young age, inventing Star Wars - Indiana Jones mashup comics for his brother and sister!
Since then, he worked on several magazines, newspapers, children’s books and even T-shirts.
His first debut picture book The Bear & the Piano published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2016.
What is the beautiful The Bear & The Piano story about?
One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and son who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes him a huge star. He has fame, fortune and all the music in the world, but he misses the friends and family he has left behind.
The sequel to The Bear and The Piano, The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle, is coming out with Belin this year in France as L’Ours et son orchestre.
David Litchfield's books are a wonderful combination of life, colors and beautiful friendship stories:
Grandad's Secret Giant, When Paul Met Artie, When I was a Child are some of his other books that we recommend you.
He recently illustrated the book War Is Over, written by David Almond, which is an emotional novel regarding the final days of World War One. David Litchfield said that this book was one of his proudest achievements working as an illustrator, and we are very impatient to discover it. It will be published the 1st November 2018 with Hachette.
He was a guest of the South Ken Kids Festival in 2016 and we are thrilled to welcome him again this year!
David Litchfield's very special workshop will invite kids to become part of his famous ‘Bear Band’, based on The Bear & The Piano story! Don't miss this creative musical workshop: More info & tickets here.
Recent books:
War is Over (written by David Almond, November 2018, Hachette)
When I Was a Child (written by Andy Stanton, 2018, Hachette)
The Bear, The Piano, The Dog and the Fiddle (September 2018, Frances Lincoln)
Planet Awesome (2018, Faber & Faber)
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