Each child attending this performance will receive a FREE copy of There's a Tiger on the Train to take home and keep!
Autumn performances 2025 › Milton Keynes
Rebecca Cobb and Mariesa Dulak performance
Join us for a morning of storytelling and drawing with author Mariesa Dulak and illustrator Rebecca Cobb as they tell us all about their delightful picture book, There's a Tiger on the Train! We'll find out how Mariesa became a writer, Rebecca's journey to become an illustrator, and how they worked together to create the characters from the story and turn it into a book. With lots of audience participation, stories and live drawing plus the chance to ask questions, this performance promises to be fun and engaging and will be sure to spark an interest in reading and books.
- Venue:
- The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU
- Date:
- Monday 20th October
- Time:
- 11:00 am
- Duration:
- Approx. 1 hour
- Age range:
- Years 1 and 2
- Tickets:
- £7
Mariesa Dulak
Mariesa Dulak was born in Yorkshire of dual heritage (Barbadian/White British). She did a degree in English literature, an MA in Children's Literature and a career in publishing followed. She now writes picture books about identity and family life. She is also a primary school librarian and lives with her family in West London.
Praise for There's a Tiger on the Train
Mariesa Dulak has managed to create a picture book that is both a morality tale about mobile phones and a magical adventure. Teamed with illustrations from Rebecca Cobb, her debut is a joy.
Rebecca Cobb
Rebecca Cobb works as a picture book illustrator and writer. As well as illustrating her own books, she has also illustrated works by authors, including Julia Donaldson, Helen Dunmore, Richard Curtis, Nicola Davies and Katherine Woodfine. Rebecca won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize with Lunchtime, and she has been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal three times. She lives in Cornwall.
Praise for There's a Tiger on the Train
Exhilarating illustrations and a heartwarming last line
Watch:
Watch Rebecca Cobb draw her character, Aunt Amelia
Book tickets for an event and receive two free books for your classroom
Free Workshops!
The Children’s Bookshow will allocate four free in-classroom workshops to schools attending this performance with 30 or more children. Book tickets for this event to have a chance of being chosen to receive this fantastic opportunity.
Find out more:
We feel it is so beneficial for our children to have the opportunity to meet authors and to hear them talk about their work. The children themselves are so enthusiastic about reading after these events that we feel they are an invaluable contribution towards our children becoming both skilled readers and lovers of reading.
The details
- Please arrive at the venue at least 20 minutes before the start of the performance, so that you have enough time to find your seats and and use the bathroom. Our start times are strictly governed by the theatres that we work with and by the start and end times of the school day. If you are unavoidably delayed, please get in touch with your Children’s Bookshow contact as soon as possible.
- Depending on the time of the performance, you may want your children to bring a packed lunch. (Please contact the theatre directly to check if there is a suitable space.)
- Parking facilities vary from theatre to theatre; please check the theatre website for details.
- Please contact the theatre directly for risk assessment information.
- Please ensure your children have visited the bathroom before the show starts, or ask them to wait until after the performance ends. A constant stream of children getting up to go to the toilet is very distracting for our performers and other members of the audience.
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Have any questions? Get in touch
Your contact for this performance is Katy Webster, she will be happy to answer any queries you have:
- katyw@thechildrensbookshow.com
- Phone
- 07904 068084