This week I’ve visited three schools who
have been taking part in #NZReadaloud and reading The Bold Ship Phenomenal: Selwyn Ridge in Welcome Bay in Tauranga,
Knighton in Hamilton, and Marist in Mt Albert in Auckland.
Look at all these amazing thank you cards
that the students kindly made for me.
The jar in the middle is full of
messages-in-a-jar (rather than a bottle). So cool!
It’s me who needs to be thanking the
teachers for inviting me, and the kids for being so interesting and interested.
I really enjoyed hearing their ideas about the story; in particular, where the
ship had gone and what was sunk beneath the buoy. Some of them even offered to
write the next book for me!
Here’s some close-ups of a few of the
wonderful cards.
One of my favourite thank you messages was
from Theo who said: “I enjoyed how the story was kind of dull then BAM! At
chapter 28, PLOT TWIST.”
Chapter 28! That’s two-thirds of the way
through the book! I’m so sorry Theo that you had to wait so long for it to get
exciting. I promise in my next book I’ll put a plot twist much nearer to the
start.
