School visit book signing

Below is information on the books that can be ordered as part of a school book signing. Please note these are the prices available for schools booking a signing as part of an author visit, not the general purchase price, which in some cases may be more.

Order forms for parents can be downloaded below. Schools should advise final order numbers around a week before the visit, where possible, so that extra copies can be ordered from the publisher in time, if needed. Please note Valerie will usually try to bring some spare copies of each title just in case.

Title	Price	Publisher	Summary
Fruits	£6.99	Macmillan	A counting poem picture book for younger children. How much fruit can one girl eat in a day? You’d be amazed!
Hot Like Fire	£7.99	Bloomsbury	Two poetry collections in one. “Exuberant poetry, full of sound and rhythm” (The Guardian)
Jaws and Claws and Things with Wings	£7.20	Collins	“Bears and bison, slugs and snails, ants and alligators, sharks and whales, all sorts of creatures find their way into this delightful book of animal poems.”
Let Me Touch the Sky	£7.00	Valdo Books	“…a wonderful selection of Valerie Bloom’s warm, sparky and evocative poetry which will delight readers of all ages.”
Mighty Mountains, Swirling Seas	£6.50	Collins	Nature poems inspired by the world around us.
Stars With Flaming Tails	£7.99	Otter-Barry Books	Imagine a talking nose, meet the Zimbats of Zingley Dell and find the colour of your dreams. Shortlisted for the CLiPPA 2022 poetry award.
Surprising Joy	£6.00	Valdo Books	Joy’s mother writes to say it’s time for her daughter to join her in England. Joy can hardly contain her excitement, but she’s unprepared for what awaits in London. Novel for Year 5 and up.