Funday in Brompton

It's been two years since the last Brompton Annual Open Day and it was absolutely wonderful to be back there again on Sunday.

It was a hot day. Very, very hot, but there are lots of lovely trees in Brompton cemetery providing shade and everyone was grateful for this. Still, I was rather happy when I was told I could stay inside the cool chapel with my stall after my Storytime.

I was joined by Jenika, my illustrator, and she helped me set up the stall. It was the first time setting up the Music Audio Stories stall with picture books, my Storytime supplies and our new interactive space for children to listen to our music audiobook, Billy Joins the Circus.

It was so much fun figuring out where to place everything and I was thrilled when I was allowed to put my roller banner outside of the chapel!

After a quick soundcheck, to make sure the audio story wasn't going to play too loud in such a reverberating space, the doors opened and the event began.

I must report, that my picture book, Billy Joins the Circus, was extremely well received. Both the parents and children loved the concept of the book with the audio and activities inside. We had many wonderful comments on the story, the colourful vibrant illustrations and the high-end quality of the book. They were impressed!

A day before the event, I had an idea to gift-wrap some of the books as I thought this would be a lovely present offering and sure enough, I sold out of these books by lunchtime. I will do this for all future events from now on.

And finally, I have to say, seeing children reading and enjoying Billy Joins the Circus is both thrilling and heartwarming. All the years of hard work that have led me to this moment were completely worth it and I feel overjoyed that the picture book is as popular as the Music Audio Story.