STEVE HARTLEY

Biography

Steve Hartley is a sensible man who has a sensible job, a sensible family, a sensible house and a sensible car but, underneath it all, he longed to be silly, and so his alter ego, Danny Baker, was born. Join him for a hilarious show that’s got it all: readings from his books, singing, awesome acting, impressions of sea creatures, a huge pair of knickers and a giant bogey. Danny Baker wants to be best at something – anything – and he doesn’t care how slimy, stinky or itchy he gets on his way to becoming a Record Breaker! Steve Hartley was long listed for the Waterstone’s Prize 2010. His aim is to energise children by showing them how much fun
they can have reading and writing.

Event synopsis

Steve is an experienced school presenter with a range of talks and workshops available for schools and libraries. They are all interactive and fun. Occasionally he uses Powerpoint, especially when talking to large groups, but he prefers to keep his workshops lively, creative and flexible.

Assembly/large group presentation: A fun session to inspire and motivate pupils to love stories and reading. Timing flexible: 30 minutes to an hour

Writing Workshops: He can run workshops for individual year groups designed to meet the needs of the pupils eg creating a story, creating exciting settings, editing, creating distinctive characters, how to make your stories sparkle. 45 minutes to an hour.

Steve Hartley will be visiting Harlescott Primary on Wednesday 14th March and Shrewsbury High Prep School on Thursday 15th March.

Bookshelf

Danny Baker Record Breaker: The World’s Biggest Bogey; Danny Baker Record Breaker: the World’s Largest
Armpit Fart; Danny Baker Record Breaker: the World’s Itchiest Pants (Macmillan’s Children’s Books).