Here what the kids came up with on day 2 of my talk at Marden PS
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BOOK WEEK: East Marden PS Talks Day One
I did a bunch of talks at East Marden PS today. Here are the drawing that the kids came up with in the character creation part.
Wael
This is a picture of my mate, Wael.
Greenacres Library Book Week talks
On Friday 25th I did a few talks at Greenacres Library. I had classes of kids come in from surrounding schools.
Here’s what the kids came up with in the character creation section.
First we have Bob the dog. He has a burger for a body, T-rex arms and robot legs. He lives in a giant marshmallow in Candy land.
Secondly we have Alex the Cat. He has a book for a body, snakes for arms and one robot leg and one dinosaur leg. Alex lives on an alien planet.
A big thank you to all the staff and kids for making it a really awesome day.
Semaphore Library and Port Adelaide Enfield Library Book Week Talks.
On Wednesday 23rd I did a few talks at two different locations. The first talks were at Semaphore Library. Classes of kids came in from surrounding schools.
Here is what the kids came up with in my character creation section of the talks.
First we have Jeff the pig. He has ice creams for arms, a book for a body and tentacles for legs. He lives in a pumpkin in Candy land.
Secondly we have Jeff the dog. He has T-rex arms, shovels for legs and a pug dog for a body. He lives on an alien world.
Next I went drove over to Port Adelaide Enfield Library.
the kids there came up with these gems.
first we have Bob the Monkey. He has snakes for arms, a donut for a body and chicken legs. He lives in a giant burger on the Moon.
Lastly we have Paul the elephant. He has crab arms, a burger for a body and robot legs. He lives in a giant robot dog on Mars.
It was a day full of fun and laughs. All the staff and kids at each library made me feel really welcome.
Flagstaff Hill R-7 School Book Week talks 2017
On Monday 21st I did a bunch of Book Week talks at Flagstaff Hill R-7. This school is actually my old primary school. So much has changed. There is a bunch of new play equipment all through the school.
As usual I did my character creation section. This is what the kids came up with.
First up we have Billy the pig. He has pencils for arms, chicken legs and a banana for a body. He lives in a volcano in Candy land.
Here we have Stick the monkey. muscle man body, T-rex arms and corn for legs. The lives in a cupboard on Mars.
Third we have Jeff the rabbit. He has unicorns for arms, a donut for a body and eyeballs for legs. He lives in a giant chezzel on the Moon.
Lastly we have Ben the dog. He has a sagetti and meatballs body, robot arms and piranhas for legs. He lives in a donut on mars as well.
Thanks to all the kids and staff for making my visit awesome. It was great to see my old Primary school again.
Nazareth Catholic College Primary Campus talks
I spent a day at Nazareth Catholic College Primary Campus on Monday and it was great!
Awesome students and awesome staff. They have a cool community cafe as well!
Below is what the students came up with brainstorming characters and locations.
First we has Jeff. He has a bear’s head, robot arms, a donut for a body and fish tails for legs. He lives in an old shoe in Candy Land.
Next we have Bob the cat. He has tentacles for arms, a soccer ball for a body and unicorns for legs. He lives in a birthday cake on Mars.
Lastly we have Meaty the pig. She has bacon arms, a shark for a body and chicken drumsticks for legs. She lives in a fridge under the sea.
It was a great day and I would like to thank Grace and Marie for making me feel very welcome.
Woodville Gardens School talks – 2017
Book Week is fast approaching and I have also started already going to schools getting in early. On Monday the 31st I went down to Woodville Gardens Primary. This is actually the local school of my area so it only took me 2 minutes to drive there.
Once there, the kids and teachers were great! It’s awesome to know that I have such a good school so close to my house.
Here is what 2 of the 3 groups came up with in my character creation part of the sessions. Unfortunately my camera didn’t work for the 3rd session (sorry guys)
First we have HAMMY the pig. Hammy has a burger for a body, T-rex arm and human legs. He lives in a giant TV on Mars.
Next we have BOB. Bob is an elephant that has a chicken for a body, crayfish arms and robot legs. He lives in a giant turtle shell on the moon.
Hot Dog 2!!!
Look what came in the mail today!!! My advanced copy of HOT DOG 2 PARTY TIME! The 2nd book in the series drawn by me and written by Anh Do. Awesomely wrapped with party gear by Rebecca at Scholastic Australia!
Fan art I did for No_Sun webcomic
Check out Alex Smith’s webcomic NO_SUN.
Blair Athol Primary School Talks
I did a bunch of talks over the last 2 weeks at Blair Athol Primary School. Blair Athol is a very cool, new school with lots of ‘outside the box’ ideas.
Here is what the kids came up with in the character creation part of the talks.
Book Week 2016
Book week is over for another year.
I visited a whole bunch of schools this year, including:
St Michael’s Collage for 2 days.
Golden Grove High School.
Adelaide Hills Library (Stirling).
Loreto College.
Trinity Collage for 2 days.
This year at some of the schools I trialed a drawing workshop where I would go through character creation and world building with the kids and then they would draw there own. It worked out great and I’m going to add it as an option for other schools from now on.
Here are what the kids came up with in the character creation part of my normal talks.
BOOK WEEK NEWS: Enfield Primary School talks.
My last day of Book Week found me at Enfield Primary School. There were lots of kids keen to learn all about graphic novels.
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Naturally I did my character creation part of my talk. Here is what the kids came up with.
First we have Joe the rabbit. He has slugs for arms, a hamburger for a body and dinosaur legs. He lives in a cave under the sea.
Next we have Lexi the shark. She has robot arms, a kangaroo body with skeleton legs. She lives in a giant Pokeballon on Planet Mars.
Here we have Bob the unicorn. He has an eyeball for a body, T-Rex arms and sharks for legs. He lives in a huge jellyfish on the Moon.
Last we have Jerry the mouse. He has a wedge of cheese for a body, rockets for arms and the Hulk’s legs. He lives in a giant book in Candy land.
Some of the kids after my talks decided to draw some pictures to give to me. Thanks guys, I think these pictures are awesome! Stay rad and keep on drawing!
BOOK WEEK NEWS: Playford Library talk.
Right after doing my King’s Baptist Grammar talks I drove down to the Playford library to give another talk. It was a good turn out and everything went great. Here is what the kids came up with when I did my character creation bit.
Meet Milkshake the cat. He has a log for a body, brooms for arms and octopus legs. He lives in a magician’s hat in space
BOOK WEEK TALKS: Kings Baptist Grammar – DAY 2
On the second day of talks at King’s Baptist Grammar I had a bunch of kids waiting for me to sign stuff when I rocked up. It was awesome and I have never had that happen to me before.
As usual I did my talks and ended with a character creation part. Here is what the kids came up with.
First up we have Debbie the cat. She has bananas that shoot out puppies for arms, a KFC bucket for a body and chainsaws for legs. She lives in a giant hot dog in the land of doughnuts.
Next we have Bobby the pig. He has giraffes for arms, a snow mans body with bacon for legs. He lives in a whale in Candy land.
Last we have Fred the worm. He has a vending machine for a body, sausage dogs for arms and human legs. He lives in a giant Lego block in a forest.
I had an amazing time at King’s Baptist Grammar. I just want to thank Denise Visciglio and all the kids for making we feel really welcome! Thanks everyone!
COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS PS BOOK WEEK TALKS, DAY 2
Day two of my Colonel Light Gardens talks went off without a hitch!
Here’s what the kids came up with in my character creation part of my talks.
First we have Bob the chicken. He has a planet for a body, robot arms and rockets for legs. He lives in a roast turkey in the world if fish.
Next we have Gig the elephant. He has a house for a body, Meatballs for arms and human heads for legs. He lives in a giant coconut on Mars.
Last we have Tyrone the hippo. He has a fish for a body, tentacle arms and unicorn horns for legs. He lives in a giant pumpkin on a cloud.
I really enjoyed the last two days at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School. Librarian Simone, all the staff and all the kids were awesome. Thankyou everyone for inviting me to talk at your school.
COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS PS BOOK WEEK TALKS, DAY 1
Monday 24th: Today I’m doing talks at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School. Everyone was welcoming and awesome!
I did my usual character creation part t the end of my talk. here is what the kids came up with:
First we have Bob the pig. He has a pizza body, tentacles for arms and sporks for legs. He lives in a giant potato in the world of marshmallows.
Next we have Timmy the koala. Timmy has T-Rex arms, a hotdog for a body and penguin legs. Unforunatly we ran out of time to draw what world he was from but at least I got librarian Simone in the shot.
Last we have Jimmy the cat. Jimmy has a burrito for a body, Twisties for arms and light bulbs for legs. He lives in a giant TV on a huge tennis ball.
I really enjoyed day one of my Colonel Light Gardens PS talks and I look forward to tomorrow for day 2.
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