BIG Wig is back – each year the fluffy blue creature emerges from a long hibernation in the woods and heads for Wigtown Book Festival where there’s a host of events, put on in his name, for young readers.
This year there will be creative comics workshops, a free Family Fun Day, Family Rhyme Time with Renita Boyle and a Scribble and Scrawl Crawl where children can tour Book Town making drawings along the way.
And that’s just the start of the Big Wig events.
Among the authors telling their stories will be Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, with his hilarious new book The Wonder Brothers, Mairi Kidd with Scottish Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends and Susi Briggs with Yum – a tale in Scots all about sharing.
TV fans will love CBeebies presenter and wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin who talks about his adventures coming face to face with the world’s most remarkable creatures.
And Vivian French will invite children to Tell the Time with Anna.
There will also be Sensory Story events for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities on Sunday, 29 September which are run in partnership with PAMIS.
And there’s so much more as well – whether it’s Alan Windram with Kevin the Orange, Louisa MacDougall with Rory and the Snack Dragons, or Chae Strathie with Scotland: The People, The Places, The Stories.
With so much excitement it’s no wonder that Big Wig heads back to his burrow for a good long sleep when the festival ends.
