AUTHOR VISIT
Katie & Kevin
Tsang
Tuesday, 19th September
Year 4, Year 5, & Year 6
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| Katie and Kevin loved our library and book nook. |
What
a fabulous start to our autumn term!
We
were delighted to welcome to St. Joseph’s the wonderful authors, Katie and Kevin Tsang, co-authors of the
bestselling, ‘Dragon Realm’ books. St. Joseph’s was their first stop on their
tour to promote the first book, ‘Dragon Force’, of their latest action-packed
series.
Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6 children gathered in the Upper Junior Hall to listen to a fun and interactive talk given by Katie and Kevin. They began by explaining how they worked to produce their books and shared tips on how to be inclusive when working together, building on ideas.
The
children were keen to find out about their new story, ‘Dragon Force’, so Katie
and Kevin treated them to lively reading from the beginning of the book. It was
so quiet in the hall as both teachers and children were mesmerized by the
story.
Then there was a fun and interactive moment where the children, helped by the
authors, got to create their own dragon. Katie and Kevin explained how they
created characters for each of their dragons giving them each a superpower
such as shape-changing or replicating. The children contributed their ideas and
together came up with a dragon called Gemma Claus, who had the following
features:
Flaming
red eyes
Diamante
fangs
Green
lightning horns
Gem-stone
tail
Glowing green wings
Superpower: size-changing
Oh! And likes hot chocolate!!
The children had an opportunity to ask the authors questions at the end of the talk.
“It was amazing to meet the authors and the story. ‘Dragon Force’, is so exciting that I am already on page 200!!", said Asuadoba (Violet Class).
Thank you to the authors for coming into St Joseph’s to share their books with us and inspire our children. Keep writing!!
Thank
you to all who supported this event by purchasing signed copies of the books
and to our local bookshop, Pickled Pepper Books.
