A feast of animated pirate storytelling and interactive swashbuckling fun and games were enjoyed by pupils from Malvern schools.

More than 260 pupils from years 3-6 from Malvern St James' Girls School, Malvern Parish Primary, The Elms and Northleigh Primary took part in an Authors Aloud event with Will Mabbitt, the author of the Mabel Jones series.

Mr Mabbitt shared his top tips on how pupils could create their own pirate characters and write their own adventure stories.

Then, the students were able to buy a personally signed and dedicated copy of his new book Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City, arranged by Malvern Book co-operative.

The event was hosted at Malvern St James' on Tuesday, February 9.

Nia Grainger, Year 6 at Malvern St James Girls’ School said: “The thing that I like the most about seeing Will Mabbitt was when he read some of his book to us and when the drama was acted out about the purple bottom baboon.

"I also thought that he was funny and that he interacted with the audience well.”