Category Archives: Schools Visits

Want to book a fun and funny school or library visit by cartoonist Mik Brown (Miko)? Follow the link to find out more about the instructional style and how to book a visit.

Here are some sample student cartoons and other blog posts about Miko’s school visits:

Lucky me another school visit as an Author Illustrator

Posted on 15/10/2014

Oh boy! Am I the lucky one, I have been asked back to visit St John’s Primary School in Gravesend next week. That’s great! I must have been doing something right!! I get such a buzz out of my school visits … Continue reading →

Lucky Little Paxton gets an author illustrator school visit from Miko!

Posted on 04/10/2012

Only three days to go to my visit to a wonderful school in Cambridgeshire….. ….and I just can’t wait!! The school is Little Paxton Primary School, in, oddly enough, in Little Paxton. I’ve never been to Little Paxton and I’ve … Continue reading →

Whoops a daisy! Miko is attacked by a wobbly flip chart!

Wow! Am I lucky! I am lined up for a visit to St James Junior School in Gloucester!

Posted on 26/09/2012

On Thursday of this week, 27th September, I am lucky enough to be visiting St James Junior School in Gloucester. We will be creating some fantastic drawings together, combined with amazing ideas for their books!! Isn’t that just great? (Click … Continue reading →

Miko's how to draw using shapes workshop

Cartoon workshops cover literacy and numeracy???

Posted on 29/07/2012

What a great school Aylesford School – Sports College is. I enjoyed my first visit earlier this year and expect to have even more fun this time. I will be running my usual workshops for young people, with emphasis on … Continue reading →

Great! Two days of Out of School drawing workshops for young people.

Posted on 29/07/2012

Cartoon and Illustration Workshops and Manga Drawing Workshops Really looking forward to two more days of workshops for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We’ll be running two different sessions ‘Cartoon and Illustration Workshops’ and ‘Manga Drawing Workshops’. The first … Continue reading →

About the Book Week at Woodmansterne Primary School, Streatham

Posted on 11/03/2012

I was looking forward to the lovely children at Woodmansterne Primary School in Streatham… and that is certainly what I got, some very lovely children. They very kindly invited me to talk about and show some of my work as … Continue reading →

About Craylands School, Author/Illustrator Book Week Visit

Posted on 11/03/2012

Author/Illustrator Book Week visits are always so much fun, and my visit to Craylands School was no exception. What a lovely crowd of very enthusiastic, positive and very able children. I think I held a workshop for every year in … Continue reading →

Literature and Arts Festival in Truro, Cornwall

Posted on 22/02/2012

Any excuse to visit beautiful Cornwall. What better excuse than to be invited to participate in their Literature and Arts festival which is taking place in the grounds of Penair School. I’ll keep you updated, but in the meantime I … Continue reading →

Craylands School, Author/Illustrator Book Week Visit

Posted on 22/02/2012

Another school to look forward to: I’ve been invited to make an Author/Illustrator Book Week Visit to Craylands School. Visiting schools must be about the most rewarding job on the planet. Apart from being a brain surgeon perhaps and naturally I … Continue reading →

I still run around like a mad thing, but also spend time in a book.

World Book Week 2012 Availability

Posted on 07/02/2012

I still have some days available for World Book Week. I have written a good number of children’s books, mainly humorous and joke books. So I combine creative illustrating/cartooning and creative writing in my visits. Ideas are very important, so we … Continue reading →