Ceci Jenkinson

Children's author

Available for:
Interview
Talk
Workshop
Commission


Contact: cecijukonline.co.uk
01978 810 461

Awards:
'The Mum Shop'- Sheffield Children's Book Awards 2009 Shorter Novel Winner
'Gnomes are Forever' - Shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2009

Audiences:
8-11 (Key stage 2), 5-11 (Key stages 1 and 2)


Details

Story-writing Workshops and Author Visits - Years 4 - 8

 

Ceci holds fun, interactive and extremely practical 90-minute Story-writing Workshops with groups of up to (ideally) 30. The kids will learn how to plan a story using her Secret Formula, with lots of 1:1 input.

 

Alternatively, her 'Author Visits' last around 45-60 minutes and can be for larger groups, involving readings, lots of chat, tips, questions answered and anything else the teacher would like added or emphasised.

 

Ceci has developed a range of handouts for teachers, based on her 'Tales of Trouble' series and closely following the KS2 syllabus, which can provide hours of stimulating (and stress-free!) lesson fun.

 

A recommendation from Overleigh St Mary’s Primary School, Chester:

 

‘After selling many of your books [following your sessions], parents came to find me to tell me that remarkable things had happened in the evening. Children who normally get home from school and switch on the television had disappeared up to their bedrooms to read until bedtime. One boy who bought ‘The Mum Shop’ read to page 89 in one sitting. His mum told me this had never happened before; he has been statemented with learning difficulties and they have struggled to encourage his reading. The teachers were delighted with the sessions and are hoping you may want to establish an ongoing link with the school.’

 

Praise for Ceci's books:

 

Ceci Jenkinson obviously knows children... literally fantastic - Carousel

 

[She] has an instinctive feel for her audience and writes with pace and humour - The Daily Telegraph

 

Quirky and extremely funny... impossible to put down - The Irish News

 

A brilliant little book...I can only say GIVE US MORE! Bookfiends' Kingdom

 

Laugh-out-loud humour... delightful, quirky characters... children will love it - Write Away

 

A rollocking story, plenty of action and a plot as twisty as the average corkscrew - The Bookbag

 

	The Mum Shop (isbn:9780571239504) Oli Biggles swaps his mum and gets the very mysterious Agent M44 in return. View in Amazon
	Gnomes are Forever (isbn:9780571240739) Oli and Skipjack's Gnome plan collides with the cat-burglar's Diamond plan... View in Amazon
	The Spookoscope (isbn:9780571240746) Spiffing Castle is stuffed with ghosts - Can Oli and Skipjack sort them out before sundown? View in Amazon
	Mirror Mischief (isbn:9780571249695) Meany maths teachers, school bullies, magic mirrors and zombie witch doctors! View in Amazon