This week in Junior School we have had some exciting visits from authors.
On Wednesday 28th October, the well-known Australian author Tim Harris visited our College to do a writing workshop with the Year 6 students. Tim is the bestselling author of several laugh-out-loud series for kids, including Toffle Towers, Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkablesand Exploding Endings. His first ever book, Exploding Endings: Painted Dogs & Doom Cakes, was awarded Honour Book at the 2017 KOALAs. Tim’s second series, Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables, contains his trademark quirkiness, mixed with a touch of poignancy. The lead book was awarded a CBCA Notable in 2018, and the series was shortlisted for the REAL Awards in 2018 and 2019. His books have been published in Australia, the USA, Poland and Turkey.
On Thursday 29th October, Kindergarten had an author visit from Aura Parker. Aura is an exciting new voice in children’s picture books. Her work is whimsical and full of details to pore over. TWIG, Aura’s first picture book as writer and illustrator about a stick insect on her first day at Bug School is a 2017 CBCA Notable for Early Childhood. COCOON touches on resilience, independence and the wonder of life cycles, followed by a bunch of cheeky meerkats for MEERKAT SPLASH, which was on the CBCA Notables for 2020. Aura’s latest book is GOODNIGHT, GLOW WORMS about a bunch of cheeky glow worms who can’t switch off.