2. An introduction
to Steven
Butler
This
is Steven Butler
As well as an author
he is an actor, dancer
and trained circus
performer
As a child, he hated
books and reading
It was growing up in
his family home, and
through playing tricks
with his sister, that he
discovered how brilliant
and exciting books can
be
Steven has written 7 books, 5 he has had published!
3. The life of
Steven Butler
Steven’s
primary
school head teacher was
none other than the
fantastically funny...
Jeremy Strong!
A rock and roll head teacher just like
our very own Mr Shepherd!
One of Steven’s
favourite authors is
Roald Dahl.
His favourite books
and inspiration come
from Roald Dahl’s ‘The
Twits’ and ‘The BFG’
The first book
Steven ever read was
‘Matilda’...it took him
a whole year to read
it!
The Twits
4. Dennis the
Menace
This
is Steven’s first
Dennis the Menace
book, it is already in
the shops
The
next book in the
series is due out in
May, the third in
August
Each
book is a diary
of one whole term in
school
Steven
has also
written a series of
books called ‘The Wrong
Pong’ about trolls
5. And now for
our challenge!
Each
class has a
section from Steven
Butler’s ‘Diary of
Dennis the Menace’
Back
in your class we
would like you to put
yourselves in Dennis’
shoes and write a diary
entry...you know the
sorts of things that
Dennis gets up to!
We
would like to give
a prize to the winning
challenge so, have fun
and get writing!
World Book Day Challenge
