July 8th, 2020
Bookshow at HomeBookshow at Home with Alexis Deacon
Goodness! Unbelievably this is our tenth edition of Bookshow at Home, and we're spending some time with author and illustrator Alexis Deacon's lost alien, Beegu! Watch Alexis read the story and show you how to draw Beegu, and then get cracking with some creative activities. You can sign up to our newsletter here, or follow us on twitter @ChildrensBkShow. Our activities should appeal to all kinds of readers, writers and artists, so everyone can get involved.
Book of the Week: Beegu

Poor Beegu is lost, and she needs to find some friends! At first she has some trouble making herself understood, but eventually her journey leads her to the gates of a primary school... Beegu is an unforgettable character, curious and brave, with interesting insights about life on earth.
Author in focus

Alexis has always loved to draw and has been keeping sketchbooks since he was a small child, when he would often move from playing games with toys into drawing stories about them.
He especially loved comic books when he was growing up. Tintin, Asterix, The Beano… he would get totally lost in all of them.
Alexis's other books include Croc and Bird, A Place to Call Home and Slow Loris.
Watch Alexis read Beegu
After the story, Alexis will teach you how to draw Beegu and an alien friend, so have your pens and paper ready!
Alexis Activities!
Make a Phrase Book

Draw a Porthole Picture

Make a Spaceship

We'd love to see your space ships, portholes and phrase books! To send us your work to display in our gallery use the link below, or upload to twitter with the hashtag #BookshowAtHome.