10 Oct 2024
9:30am - 10:00am
Online
About our Supertato author event
Join Supertato duo, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, to celebrate Take 10 this year. Hear them read from the original Supertato and share their top tips for transforming supermarket foods into friends (and enemies!). During the event, pupils will have the opportunity to: Experience a unique session and activities from Sue and Paul and hear about the importance of reading and listening to stories for well-being.
About the books
Supertato
Meet Supertato – the supermarket superhero with eyes everywhere! But now there's a pea on the loose. A very, very naughty pea. Has Supertato finally met his match?
Supertato: Veggies Assemble
The Evil Pea is back and there's chaos in the supermarket aisles again! Can our hero divert disaster? Or is he going to need backup?
Supertato: Run, Veggies, Run!
It’s Sports Day in the supermarket and all the veggies are in training. But when a new competitor joins in, accompanied by The Evil Pea, something doesn’t seem quite right…
Supertato: Evil Pea Rules!
The Evil Pea has escaped, and he wants to turn the supermarket into an icy kingdom where he will RULE! Can Supertato save the day?!
How to join the author event
This Supertato author event will be hosted via Zoom webinar and livestreamed live on YouTube.
After registering using the form below, you will receive an email with a link to join the event. You can also watch the event livestreamed on YouTube.
If you cannot watch live, please continue to register for the event! Our YouTube livestream link is recorded, so you can watch at any time convenient for you.
If you have any questions, please contact the National Literacy Trust at connecting.stories@literacytrust.org.uk
What is the #Take10ToRead campaign?
Take 10 is our campaign to increase reading for pleasure by promoting the mental wellbeing benefits of reading. It takes place on 10th October, World Mental Health Day. We've created this event for children to help making reading and books fun and enjoyable and bring the wellbeing benefits of reading to your school or setting. The event is also open to those who are home-educated.
If you're a parent, caregiver or early years' practitioner, check out our 'Read and explore' page for Supertato.
If you work in a school setting, find more Take 10 resources for schools, where you can download our classroom guide for promoting book choice.
About the author and illustrator
Sue Hendra grew up in Wimbledon and has always loved making up stories and drawing pictures. Her favourite book as a child was Mr. Silly. She graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and has been creating picture books ever since. In 2006, she met Paul Linnet and could instantly see that she’d met a fellow nitwit who liked talking nonsense. Sue loves swimming and can swim up and down for a very long time. Her favourite book is still Mr. Silly.
Paul Linnet was born in Brighton and grew up in the Midlands, reading Tintin and playing classic 80’s video games, before becoming obsessed with scribbling, writing, guitars, and motorcycles. He studied graphic design at Derby University, and later moved back to Brighton where he met Sue Hendra. They made up a story about a fish with fingers and then a slug with a doughnut for a shell, and now no one can stop them from writing more and more frankly ridiculous books. Paul still loves scribbling, writing, guitars, and motorcycles.