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Swapna Haddow

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About Swapna Haddow

Swapna Haddow trained as a doctor, but after discovering she didn't like blood, decided on a career change and wrote her first book Dave Pigeon: How to Deal With Bad Cats and Keep (most of) Your Feathers, which won the Greenhouse Funny Prize, the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, Read Aloud category 2016, and the Fantastic Book Awards 2018 and selected as part of the Tom Fletcher Book Club 2, in association with WHSmith. Dave Pigeon was also shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards 2016.

Swapna now lives in New Zealand with her husband, their son and their dog. You can usually find Swapna writing, reading or eating Jaffa Cakes. Sometimes you might find her doing all three at the same time.

Recent updates about Swapna Haddow

Hug a Bear Day

Discover My Mum is a Lioness by Swapna Haddow. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

1 month ago

Hug a Bear Day

My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books is a brilliant picture book all about a bear!

1 month ago

National Tell A Story Day

Books can be so much fun, why not share this one Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) by Swapna Haddow from Faber & Faber

1 month ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Dave Pigeon (Racer!) by Swapna Haddow from Faber & Faber

1 month ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books

1 month ago

World Animal Day

What's your favourite animal? Bad Panda is full of them! By Swapna Haddow, published by Faber & Faber

2 months ago

World Animal Day

What's your favourite animal? Bad Panda: The Cake Escape is full of them! By Swapna Haddow, published by Faber & Faber

2 months ago

World Bamboo Day

Bad Panda is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Faber & Faber.

3 months ago

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