The children last week really enjoyed the Matt Lucas Zoom session and we hope they’ve been telling you all about it.  We have another opportunity for the Year 5 & 6 children on Wednesday.  Please don’t think the younger children are missing out as we have an author scheduled to Zoom in in November.

So, this Wednesday, the author is Jack Meggitt-Phillips.  Jack is an author, scriptwriter and playwright whose work has been performed at The Roundhouse and featured on Radio 4. He is scriptwriter and presenter of The History of Advertising podcast.

The Beast and the Bethany has all the classic macabre humour of Roald Dahl with the warmth and charm of Despicable Me, finished off with a gleeful bite of Little Shop of Horrors! Ebenezer Tweezer is a youthful 511-year-old. He keeps a beast in the attic of his mansion, who he feeds all manner of things (including performing monkeys, his pet cat and the occasional cactus) and in return the beast vomits out presents for Ebenezer, as well as potions which keep him young and beautiful. But the beast grows ever greedier, and soon only a nice, juicy child will do. So, when Ebenezer encounters orphan Bethany, it seems like (everlasting) life will go on as normal. But Bethany is not your average orphan…

Sounds fascinating!