David Litchfield
He is the creator of the award-winning, best-selling The Bear and the Piano trilogy, as well as numerous other picture books. He first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones ‘mash-up’ comics for his older brother and sister. David’s debut picture book The Bear and the Piano, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (Illustrated Book Category) and became a best-seller in the UK and US. It has sold in over 20 languages to date, with the next books in the trilogy: The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle, and his newest release, The Bear, the Piano and Little Bear’s Concert available now. The third and final book in the best-selling, award-winning ‘Bear and the Piano’ trilogy. You probably remember the story of the bear who found the piano in the woods and grew up to become a huge star. He played his music in front of millions of adoring fans and all of his wildest dreams came true. But now, the audiences are smaller, the pianos less grand, and the applause is dying away. So Bear decides to retire. Back in the woods, he is sad that his dream is over but he soon has something to distract him: Little Bear! When Little Bear stumbles upon his piano in the woods, she can’t believe it when her father says that no one wants to hear his music anymore. So she comes up with a plan to prove him wrong. The final book in the award-winning, best-selling trilogy shows that while fame and fortune might be temporary, the best songs stay in your heart forever.
For this year’s edition of the South Ken Kids Festival, he will be running virtual workshops with schools as part of our Outreach programme.