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Noel Smith Stories 2.0
Welcome to our brand new and improved Noel Smith Stories website! We are so excited to finally share something we’ve been working on behind the scenes for a while — a brand new, reimagined Noel Smith Stories website! If you visited our website before, you might remember that the old design… well it did the…
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Building Beaver Dam Release Day!
Today is a very special day for us both because ‘Building Beaver Dam’ is finally out in the world for young readers to experience and (hopefully) enjoy! After 18 months of creativity, collaboration (and maybe some sleepless nights) I am beyond excited to finally share with you lovely readers that our second children’s picture book…
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Pre-Order Building Beaver Dam
‘Building Beaver Dam’ is Now Available to Pre-Order! Both myself and Ricky are beyond excited to share some very big news: our brand new children’s picture book, Building Beaver Dam, is now available to pre-order from the brand new Shop Page on the website! When heavy rain puts Buzz Meadows Farm at risk, only one…
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Building Beaver Dam
We are so excited to finally share the cover of our second children’s picture book Building Beaver Dam! This autumn we return to Buzz Meadows Family Farm – the very same location Mr. Bumble took us on an adventure through in our first book. This time around there is some trouble ahead as heavy rain…
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One Year Of Mr Bumble
On the 27th of June 2024, a little dream of mine took flight — our very first children’s picture book The Adventures of Mr Bumble was released into the world. What began as a story written with hope and big dreams has grown wings far beyond what I could have ever imagined. Over the past year,…
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Watch Noel’s Tales
“NOEL’S TALES” – A Magical New Preschool Series Designed for Every Little Learner We’re thrilled to welcome you to the world of Noel’s Tales! A brand new educational preschool series that brings joy, learning and a whole lot of heart into your environment. Whether you are watching along with your little ones at home or…
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Noel’s Tales on YouTube
SURPRISE! I am incredibly nervous, excited and above all proud of myself and my fantastic partner in crime Ricky as we announce a brand new project that we have been hard at work creating for the last three months. Behind the scenes we have created a brand new venture that comes straight from my heart…
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Mr. Bumble School Resources
Our first children’s picture book ‘The Adventures of Mr. Bumble’ has been on the shelves for almost six months! In that time I have visited lots of different day care centres, nursery and primary schools across Northern Ireland and even travelled to France to share the story with a bilingual school just outside of Paris!…
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Libraries NI Readings 2024
WE HAVE AMAZING NEWS TO SHARE! Our first children’s picture book ‘The Adventures of Mr. Bumble’ is being stocked and distributed across all 97 libraries in Northern Ireland. This is a huge milestone and achievement for us as an author and illustrator duo – and for our book. This is an achievement we did not…
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The Reviews Are In
I am thrilled to share some of the brilliant and BUZZ-worthy reviews I have received so far! If you have been following myself and Mr. Bumble on social media you may have noticed we have been on an exciting adventure of our own visiting day cares and summer scheme locations across Northern Ireland reading ‘The…
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Our Fantastic Launch Party
Our first children’s picture book ‘The Adventures of Mr. Bumble’ was released on 27 June 2024. Almost immediately after we found out our release date we began planning for a launch party with close family and friends (along with the immediate community) to celebrate this huge milestone with us. Over the last eighteen months we…
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The Adventures of Mr. Bumble Launch Party
Our first children’s picture book ‘The Adventures of Mr. Bumble’ was released one week ago today and the response and feedback that we have received so far has been absolutely incredible. We are very honoured and humbled by your support and kind words – and to even be a fraction of your children’s learning experience…