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The Nature & Climate Festival 2023

by Serena Hassan

I am very excited to have an event at https://residents-association.com/natureclimate

I am on a mission to engage children everywhere to apply their creative imagination towards the environment. I want to inspire children to see how their immediate actions can impact the planet for better or worse. After all our children are the makers of tomorrow and I would like to excite them to become eco-warriors in their own little ways!

It is an inspirational story about pursuing one’s passion and fulfilling one’s dreams; together with the important message of the impact of human littering on our local wildlife and environment.

Come and join me for my event, it is free!

10th September 2023 at midday in Dittons Library, Mercer Cl, Thames Ditton KT7 0BS

The children will become the actors and narrators of https://www.amazon.com/Tap-Dancing-Pigeon-Covent-Garden/dp/1912892197 and create their very own flying pigeon out of recyclable household rubbish.

I hope you can make it! See you there!

Serena & Pigeon 🐦👌😏

PS: Click on the link if it doesn’t appear!

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15th July 2023 – Esher Library – Author Event

by Serena Hassan

To celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge, The Tap-dancing Pigeon of Covent Garden and I were invited to Esher Library for our interactive storytelling, eco craft, and ventriloquism event!

What a wonderful event and I sold some books too! Such lovely enthusiastic children and smiley adults, just what an author needs to feel love!

Here is a photo of my event 👇

Winners & Finalists of Year 5 at John Perryn School

by Serena Hassan

I am delighted to announce the winners and finalists of my Eco Creative Writing Competition.

About: The workshop was based on my award-winning children’s book ‘The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden’ which raises environmental awareness and other important positive life messages. This is also a wonderful way to learn about London and explore the famous area of Covent Garden.

Brief: To write your own story based on climate change and the effects this has on our local wildlife. 

 Linked to the National Curriculum

RESULTS! 

In Year 5, I chose two winners and one finalist. The winners were Kai and Samir for their effort in writing a story about climate change and the effects this has on our wildlife. Kai and Samir will receive a signed copy of my children’s book,
The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden and I chose Ismail as a finalist.

All three will have their work published here and posted on my social media profiles:

Instagram: serena_childrens_author

Twitter: serenahassan4

Good work, wonderful effort. Below you will see their certificates, stories and animated posters I designed especially to congratulate them.

 

To see Kai’s certificate and story below, please click on where it says ‘Written by Kai’ and all will be revealed! Thank you!

Kai – Certificate

Written by Kai

 

 

Please click on the blue writing to reveal their work:

Samir – Certificate

Written by Samir Year 5

 

Ismail-Certificates

Written by Ismail

Esher Church School – Virtual interactive storytelling

by Serena Hassan

I am delighted to share with you my first ‘virtual’ storytelling which I delivered to 60, 4-year-olds at Esher Church School on 10th March 2021 to celebrate World Books.

Here is a video of my experiences ⬇️

 

Selected as a finalist

by Serena Hassan

in ‘The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2020’.

Books entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Award are judged by REAL readers: over 150 adult readers

and over 200 children readers. 

 

Certificates Of Excellence

by Serena Hassan

I am delighted to receive my certificates from the Royal Dragonfly Awards.

‘Honourable Mention’ category; new author.

‘1st place’ category; Environmental/green books.

‘Honourable Mention’ category; Picture books 6 and under.

Have a look below 😏

 

 

 

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Wordicle – Authors Leak

by Serena Hassan

I was invited to write an article called an ‘Authors Leak’ by a cool website called ‘The Wordicle’.

This was to discuss the back story behind my children’s book ‘The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden’.

I found this really exciting to write.

Click on the link below to have a read:

https://www.thewordicle.com/serena-hassan-tap-dancing-pigeon/

 

 

Wow! Pigeon has been mentioned in a blogspot by talented writer and winner Rae Knightly!

by Serena Hassan

The winners of the IAN Book Awards 2020 – Children/Juvenile/Teen/YA Winners have been announced. You can find The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden in the link below:

https://raeknightly.blogspot.com/2020/11/ian-book-award-2020-childrensjuvenilete.html?m=1

I am overwhelmed with happiness to have received this award.

Serena

Finalist in the IAN Independent Author Network 2020

by Serena Hassan

I am proud to announce that my children’s book ‘The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden has been selected as a finalist in the category ‘Children’s Fiction’ by IAN Independent Author Network 2020.

 

 

 

 

3rd! Readers’ Choice Award winner – AllAuthor, August cover of the month

by Serena Hassan

I am excited to announce that my front cover came 3rd in the AllAuthor, August cover of the month. After a lot of determination and perseverance I dedicated my free time in between motherhood, school holidays and lockdown, to encouraging people to vote, once a week for four weeks for  ‘The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden’.

My aim for this year was to gain an award before 5th September 2020, which will be a year since publication. I am thrilled to have been given this award. My illustrator Jon Davis has created amazing illustrations to compliment my book and I feel very lucky and proud to call him my illustrator.