Tag: The Elephant and the Buns

A photo taken from above of a table with a big rug on. A pile of three books sit in the lower left of the image with the words The Elephant and the Buns on the front and an illustration of a very long elephant trunk reaching for a plate of big round iced buns with cherries on top. To the right is a large iced bun with a cherry on top, nestled in a brown takeaway box and in the top of the image is another bun in tongs on a square white plate.
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The Elephant and the Buns Book Launch

Vale of Glam Mam

We popped to the book launch of The Elephant and the Buns at Elephant & Bun Deli in Cowbridge on Sunday and met the lovely author Megan Mattravers. We were lucky enough to be one of the early birds to get a free sticky bun with our book purchase and my youngest was delighted to get his books signed by Megan.

A photo taken from above of a table with a big rug on. A pile of three books sit in the lower left of the image with the words The Elephant and the Buns on the front and an illustration of a very long elephant trunk reaching for a plate of big round iced buns with cherries on top. To the right is a large iced bun with a cherry on top, nestled in a brown takeaway box and in the top of the image is another bun in tongs on a square white plate.

Like Megan’s previous children’s book Vintage Owl, The Elephant and the Buns is based on a true story and set in beautiful Cowbridge with some familiar shops and characters in the gorgeous illustrations from Owain Lewis (who also created the fabulous window display at the deli).

Megan, a dark haired lady in a camel coat, stands in front of a deli's shop window with four floating balloons next to her. An elephant is drawn on the window and a box in the foreground has an elephant picture on it too. In the clear reflection of the window and people buying books and the reflected high street shops.
Book launch day at Elephant & Bun Deli in Cowbridge

The book is perfect for older primary school readers who might be overwhelmed by a thick novel without pictures, for confident readers aged 6-9 who are on the journey from picture books to longer stories, or simply for you to share with your younger children when you read to and with them.

The deli was an absolute trove of edible delights. I heartily recommend the sausage rolls. The spherical iced buns were the cherry on the top.

Megan is at the Goodsheds in Barry on Saturday 23rd October for a book reading and book signing event 10am-11am. Tickets are available here:

Book Reading & Signing at Goodsheds

You can buy the book from Megan’s Etsy shop here:

Buy The Elephant and the Buns

It’s a brilliant chance to support a local author and to kick the October half term off with something a bit special.

Megan, a smiling woman with short dark hair in a cosy light pink roll neck jumper, stands with her hands in her camel coat pockets behind a table on which her books are displayed. In the foreground, also on the table, are shiny round iced buns with big glossy cherries on top. The deli window behind her has a white, hand illustrated elephant trunk and the words the ELEPHANT and the BUNS.
Local author Megan Mattravers at the book launch of her newest children’s book The Elephant and the Buns