stephen_dixon

A u t h o r & I l l u s t r a t o r

Hello!

Stephen Dixon is the debut author and illustrator of The Gingerbread Man 2: What Happened Later? The Gingerbread Man 2 is a fun, rhyming sequel to the traditional folk tale, in a wonderfully illustrated and kind-hearted epilogue to the dramatic ending of the original story.

Stephen loves making up stories for his two young children and has always loved to write, draw and paint. His 3 year-old son loved reading The Gingerbread Man, though not really the sudden ending, and one night asked a simple question - ‘What happened next?’ The little story told that night eventually turned into a book, now available in hardback, paperback or eBook!

Available from Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Barnes & Noble and many other worldwide booksellers.

Stephen has won awards for his drawings and loves to sketch the places he visits, when he is not chasing around after his children or working as an architect. The Gingerbread Man 2 has been hand illustrated using acrylic paints, pencils, technical pens and dip pens. Stephen lives in Yorkshire, England with his wife and two children.

Please see below for a colouring activity sheet to print out and enjoy. Watch this space for new stories coming soon!

To get in touch, email Stephen: hello@stephendixon.co.uk

Here is a colouring activity sheet for you to print out and enjoy. Click on the image for a full size version, then right click on the image and ‘save image as...’ or simply drag the image to your desktop.

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Book Trailer:

Book Reviews:

“BOOK OF THE WEEK!”
“This is a charming story that will provide much satisfaction to all of the people disappointed by the sudden ending of the traditional tale!”

Father Reading Every Day

Read more reviews at Amazon.co.uk

Illustration Gallery:

“The story is really fun, and because it’s based on a classic, it already feels familiar and like an old friend.”

Rosie’s Library, Instagram

“Great illustration.”
e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2019

As featured in NurseryWorld Magazine!
EYFS Activities Feature

Colouring Activity Sheet:

The Gingerbread Man 2 recently featured in a special reading at The Rockwell Museum in
New York!!
Click for details...

"The Gingerbread Man 2- What Happened Later" by Stephen Dixon is an adorable sequel to the classic, "The Gingerbread Man." The book is clever and fun, and the colorful illustrations complement the story perfectly.”

Young Kid Lit, Instagram

“The perfect bedtime story”
Eleanor McKone, Children’s Author

The Gingerbread Man 2 features in the Routledge book “Real World Writers: A Handbook for Teaching Writing with 7-11 Year Olds”

Blog Features:

The Gingerbread Man 2 features on many classroom idea blogs, including:

Play to Learn Preschool

Carolyn’s Creative Classroom

The Kindergarten Smorgasboard

Kindergarten Chaos

Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station

Teachers Love Lists

Sparkling in Primary

Whole Child Homeschool

“In a well-paced rhyming read-aloud, kids will enjoy his escapades and a much happier ending!”
The Lollipop Book Club

The Gingerbread Man 2 features in a list of ‘great texts which teach great writing’, in the book “Reading in The Writing Classroom”

The right of Stephen Dixon to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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