I love to see children looking at a book and to hear them read.
There are so many children who don't appreciate a good book so whatever we can do to promote a love of reading has to be a good thing.
I was recently invited as and author to share my books with a local school at a nearby library.
The children came along (they enjoyed the walk to the library!) and I was able to tell them about the real story as well as read my first book.
They were then given a chance to buy a signed copy of a book and to undertake some follow up work. But most of all they had the opportunity to browse through and enjoy the chance to read a wide variety of books that are on offer in the library.(Free)
During the time a pre-school child came with his parent and went away armed with ten books to share at home.
It was fantastic to see the children absorbed in books, given the space and time to enjoy and they loved meeting an author (I suppose that was me!)
A library is a great place to find a good book for free.
Many schools have their reading groups named after authors (relevent) but they are always the same!
:- Dahl; Donaldson; Rowling; Walliams; Wilson.
It made me wonder,
who would your 5 be?
A question from a Year 1 class.
"Is your book in the book shops?"
"No"
"Why?"
"Unfortunately there are so many good authors with lots and lots of books Such as thos by Julia donaldson that there is no room for mine!"
But at least I can tell them there is a copy of my book in their school somewhere.
Would love for my books to actually get in a few more schools.
would love to take them in too.... but for now