This week turned out to be a fairly big one as the
promotional train took off for the #beingyouisenough tour with The South
Western Times doing a small feature on the book.
I also created about a million new neural networks in my
brain by giving a special #beingyouisenough talk to 6 different classes at
Donnybrook Primary School. I’ve presented and given talks to adults before but talking
to a bunch of grade 2s to 4s was a very different kettle of fish and I found I loved
every minute of it. We discussed different topics from the book and then did an
exercise where the kids had to use their imagination to draw what makes them
happy and there was an unusual reoccurring theme of bananas!
Most random question I was asked “Can people follow you on
Facebook and Instagram?” (from an 8 year old)
Most insightful observations from the students: ‘I’m nearly
as tall at you are!’
The experience will get me 'school ready' for the Margaret River Young Readers festival.
Also last week I had the privilege of presenting 10 year old
Isabella Crean, the Redgum Book Club Young Writers award at St Pauls Primary
School in Perth. During the assembly I made a quick speech in which I made
reference to my penchant for daydreaming as a kid and young Isabella thought
that was the best thing to hear as it meant she wasn’t the only one doing it!
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