We are proud to be able to have taken part in the Derby Book Festival and were able to take a number of children to their ‘meet the author’ events.
On Thursday 9 June a group of year 6 children went to the QUAD to see Andy Mulligan the author of the Ribblestrop books and Trash. He told the children about the inspiration for his stories and told tales of his adventures whilst teaching abroad. He answered some the children’s questions about his life as an Author and stopped behind after the presentation to sign books for the children.
On Monday 13th June we took some of our year 3 & 4 children to Derby Theatre to visit Lauren Child, the lady responsible for creating the Charlie and Lola books and their television series. She has written and illustrated a large number of children’s books and spoke to the children about how she came up with the ideas for her stories and told them about the people who help her come up with some of characters. She also gave the children some ideas of how they can illustrate their own stories.
Both events were hugely inspirational and the children really enjoyed meeting the authors.
