The kids were excited as we connected – they’re in Mr Gambia and I’m thousands of kilometres away in Sydney.
Hello to Robert who has a hair cut like my JACK in ‘I Am Jack’.
Hello to Faith who knew all about beaches.
Hello to Brodie who loved talking about everything.
Hello to all the fantastic kids of the special class for kids with intellectual impairments at Mt Gambia North Primary School in South Australia.
We had a great time today as I shared ‘I Am Jack’ with the kids.
They LOVED Floppy the dog and Nanna’s teeth from my books – ‘I Am Jack’, ‘Super Jack’ and ‘Always Jack’.
We talked about telling their Mum or Dad if someone calls them a name that hurts, like what happened to my Jack.
They promised to tell their parents if they were sad and in trouble!
Thankyou to Polycom for hosting the teleconferencing with the kids of Mt Gambia North.
This was a Literature Live! Connected Classroom event for Book Week. www.literaturelive.net
Susanne Gervay is a Room to Read Ambassador www.roomtoread.com
What has Literature Live! and dinosaurs in common?
It’s the Australian Museum where Nina Rycroft talented Literature Live! illustrator was investigating dinosaurs for her new project – a picture book written by Jackie French which she is illustrating for HarperCollins.
It’s Laurine Croasdale, Jeni Mawter and me – getting high tech. We’re connecting to schools across NSW about our books, writing and reaching kids everywhere.
Aleesah Darlinson out 5th Literature Live! member is launching her book Totally Twins – the 3rd in the series, so couldn’t be there this time. It’s a terrific series published by New Frontier!
Thankyou to the terrific Karen Player from the Australian Museum who has welcomed Literature Live! and connecting schools through digital excursions.
We’ll be broadcasting from the Australian Museum in October, through Connections NSW Education Department studios in Dubbo which is great fun.
Meanwhile the fabulous Frane Lessac and Mark Greenwood are in Sydney for a writer/illustrator tour – they’re brilliant illustrator-writer team and my great friends. We’re on a similar writing tour and cross paths from Fairfiled Public School to Wahroonga Public School, the Bush School to Penrith School.
We had a delicious lunch at t
The Literature Live! team of illustrator Nina Rycroft and authors Aleesah Darlinson, Jeni Mawter, Laurine Croasdale and I, flew into Dubbo’s Connections Studio and we beamed out to hundreds of kids and teachers across NSW.
Dugald Saunders, ABC radio personality was a funny, warm and skilled compere of the show and we all had FUN!!!!!!
Stars of the show were:-
‘Ballroom Bonanza’ and ‘Boom-Bah’ award winning picture books by Nina Rycroft
Jeni Mawter’s hilarious ‘babies’ who were part of her picture book ‘Snuggle
Alessah Darlinson’s love of animals and her new picture book ‘Warambi’ abotu the minature bat.
Laurine Croadsale Penguin Chomps ‘iHarry’
and of course my JACK books – especially Nanna’s big, bargain, glow in the dark purple underpants!!!!
Literature Live! ROAD SHOW
We packed our bags and the Literature Live! team spoke to wonderful kids and teachers at schools including Dubbo Public School, Mosman Preparatory School, Balgowlah Heights Public School and Oxford Falls Grammar.
It was so much fun with the kids engrossed in our show cases:-
Jeni Mawter made everyone laugh with her So Gross book stories
Laurine Croasdale surfed the beaches with her Surf School and Surf Sister books
Nina Rycroft had them spell bound with illustrations from her award winning Ballroom Bonanza
Aleesah Darlison engaged them with her Totally Twin books published by New Frontier
Susanne Gervay captured everyone with winning against school bullying.
IT WAS FANTASTIC!
The fabulous team of Aleesah Darlinson, Jeni Mawter, Laurine Croasdale, Serena Geddes, Nina Rycroft, Sue Walker and me, were joined by illustrator and Play School Star Nina Matthews to do our first professional e-video conferencing with terrific schools from around NSW from the country to the city
with the technical expertise of NSW Education educators – Michelle Lindsay and Bonnie Tratt.
Huge thankyou to Michelle & Bonnie.
Literature Live takes authors and illustrators through video conferencing to schools across Australia.
It’s been a huge learning curve, but fantastic.
Nina Rycroft designed the Literature Live logo, our t-shirts and all the design work. So apart from being a fantastic illustrator, Nina is a great designer.
The kids were excited as we connected – they’re in Mr Gambia and I’m thousands of kilometres away in Sydney.
This was a Literature Live! Connected Classroom event for Book Week. www.literaturelive.net
