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🎉New book release!🎉
The Tombstone Detective Agency
Available on 21 March!
From the author
KD Greaves
Hi there!
Thanks for coming to my website!
If you enjoy stories about magic, monsters, mystery and madness then this is the website for you! If not, then hey, why not check it out anyway? You may find it fun. There’s plenty to see and enjoy including work sent in by readers and reading tips/activities for you to try out.
This page features details of my novel, Please Sir, The Gremlin Ate My Homework! It’s written for those of you aged nine to twelve with awesome cover designs by Zoe Saunders. If you’re younger (three- to six-year-olds) click on the tab for Grandma Georgia’s Amazing Handbag and explore my fun picture book fabulously illustrated by Roberta Magro!
For those aged six to eight, keep an eye out for upcoming books for you! I’ll be adding information to the site about new books asap! (Word Quest here. If you don’t already know what asap means, be a word detective and investigate.)
Anyway, have fun finding out all about Please Sir, The Gremlin Ate My Homework! and Grandma Georgia’s Amazing Handbag. Don’t forget to watch the site’s book trailers specially created for you by SLATE 32 PRODUCTIONS.
Happy reading!
KD Greaves
P.S: If you read my book, I’d love to hear from you and feature your comments on this site, but please remember that, unlike the Gremlin in the story, it’s important that we’re respectful to and of each other. Also, because your safety is important to me, I can only accept emails sent with an adult’s permission and from their email address.
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About the author
KD Greaves is a children’s writer and tutor. Holding a B.A. Hons Degree in History and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, KD spent several years working as a tour guide in magical, storybook settings including Rome, Venice, Paphos and Carthage before returning to the UK where she worked in schools; first as a classroom practitioner and then as a literacy intervention teacher, weaving storytelling into the fabric of her teaching.
Parent to three boys, KD’s past writing career has included a range of well-received stories and playscripts commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, and Granada TV.
KD is a great believer that reading for pleasure empowers children and guides them in finding the voice inside themselves.
About the books
Please Sir, the Gremlin ate my homework!
Mad Monsters and a Gremlin that eats your homework! Life’s crazy at Grosse Manor; a secret sanctuary for ‘exotic animals’ run by Kade’s eccentric Great Uncle Fitz. When the troublesome Gremlin terrorises the nearby village, Uncle Fitz is in big trouble. Was the Monster’s escape an accident or is someone trying to set Uncle Fitz up? With the help of his friends, Ivy, Joss and Calvin, can Kade solve the mystery and save the Monsters from a terrible fate?
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Lance Wilder: Award winning Animator and Background Designer (The Simpsons)
Betsy Nowrasteh: Screenwriter
What Others think
What readers are saying about Please Sir, The Gremlin Ate My Homework!
Reading Tips - Make Reading Even More Fun!
Keep an eye on my reading tips section; I’ll be updating it with more fun ideas!
Click here for Reading Tips for EYFS/KS1
Reading and Writing Workshop Testimonials
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Here are some of the fabulous ideas sent in by classes!
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Please Sir, the Gremlin ate my homework!
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Stay in touch
Children
Send your comments and pictures to [email protected] (remember this must show permission from your adult and be sent from their address).
Schools
Author visits for book signings and workshops are available to Primary Schools. For details, please contact KD Greaves via the contact email address [email protected]
Social Media
Please Sir, The Gremlin Ate My Homework! is also available from online retailers such as:
High Street retailer: Store 104, High Street Rochester, Kent, ME1 1JT
Tales on Market Street, Market Street, Faversham, ME13 7AH
The Book Bodega, Harbour Street, Ramsgate, CT11 8FG
Pitshanger Books, 141 Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London W5 1RH