Name: Welcome and other tales with Axel Scheffler
Start: 2025-11-29T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-29T13:00:00+00:00
Location: St Stephen's Church, Twickenham

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐨!
Come and enjoy a magical morning with the world-famous illustrator Axel Scheffler, as he brings his beloved characters to life through live drawing and story-telling.
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦
Show 1: 𝟗.𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 – 𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 (followed by a book signing)
Show 2: 𝟏𝟏.𝟒𝟓𝐚𝐦 – 𝟏𝟐.𝟐𝟓𝐩𝐦 (followed by a book signing)
Axel will share his brand-new book, 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆- created with author Alison Green - as well as some of his much-loved classics, including 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆 and 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒐'𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅.
𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. Would you like to come inside this book? You’re very welcome. In fact, everyone is welcome here, whether you’re big or small, flappy or jumpy, noisy or quiet.
With its simple text and endearing animal characters, Welcome shows how everyone can be a good friend, and how we can all help others to feel welcome.
Axel will also be drawing his most famous characters, such as 'The Snail and The Whale' and 'The Gruffalo's Child' so come along and inspire your little ones to love books and open up their world of imagination this Christmas. All drawings will be auctioned after the event.
These wonderful one-off events last approximately 40 minutes and will be followed by signing books, making it great opportunity to buy some unique Christmas gifts for children.
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: £14 (plus booking fee)*
Tickets are limited so get yours quickly before they go!
Suitable for children from 3 years.
Do your Christmas shopping with us and support your local nature and heritage conservation charity!
There will be plenty of books as well as unique, limited-edition prints, Christmas cards and other great products (kids aprons, crayons, caps..), all illustrated by Axel, available to purchase at the event.
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬 & 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 - Twickenham based charity that offers many opportunities for people to get involved with conservation and heritage projects across south and west London.
If you have any questions about the event, please email [email protected].