This is Patricia Forde telling a story that is all about ME in Dubray Books in Galway last week. The children are from St. Nicholas School in Galway and they were fantastic!
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World Book Week
Published March 7, 2011 BOOKS , EVENTS , PICTURES Leave a CommentTags: Dubray, St. Nicholas
Great news! there is a great new book ALL ABOUT ME coming out in May. It’s called Hedgehogs Do Not Like Heights and is written by Patricia Forde and published by the lovely people at Egmont. It’s about the day I climbed a big tree in our garden and everyone thought I was STUCK up there. I wasn’t. I was watching a very special wedding. It was the wedding of the Tooth Fairy Fizzy Izzy to Solomon Spider. So save up your money or dust down your library ticket and get ready to read all about it . By the way, Patricia will be reading in Kilcoona National School in County Galway on the third of February. She told me that she is really looking forward to it.
Patricia Forde has been very busy lately. As part of the Children’s Book Festival she read to the fantastic children from Scoil Bhríde in Galway. She told me they were great at telling stories and brilliant fun as well. She read MY story to them all about me locked in the bathroom! After that she went to Castlebar and Ballina where there were very talented artists who did loads of pictures. Then it was on to County Kildare . In Maynooth and in Leixlip lots of children came to hear her read her new book Cití Cearc. They were all great readers and even better listeners. The illustration below is by Sarah Preston, and is taken from Patricia’s new book Cití Cearc.
Books!
Published September 22, 2010 BOOKS Leave a CommentTags: David Mc Kee, monsters, Not Now Bernard, shadows
My teacher is reading a book to my class. It’s very funny . It’s called Not Now Bernard and it was written by David McKee. It’s about a boy called Bernard whose life is taken over by a monster but his parents are so busy that they don’t even notice! I know how he feels. Yesterday, I was trying to tell my mother that I cannot brush my teeth at night, because the bathroom is full of shadows and they could be anyone’s shadows but she wouldn’t listen…For all she knows our bathroom could be FULL of monsters. Natalie says that’s rubbish, that there is no such thing as monsters. Ha! What would she know? Anyway, next time you are in the library, keep a look out for Not Now Bernard. It’s good.
Hi Everyone!
Sorry I haven’t been around much lately. I’m going to school now so I’ve been really busy. I had to write and tell you about a great book our teacher has been reading to us. It’s called Bringing The Rain To Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. It’s about a boy in Africa, minding his cows and wishing it would rain. When it doesn’t he does something about it. Next time you are in the library ask for it. I’ve heard it so often i know some of it off by heart. Like this bit:
“These are the cows
all hungry and dry
Who mooed for the rain to fall from the sky
To green up the grass
All brown and dead
That needed the rain from the cloud overhead-
Hi Everyone! Just thought i should tell you about the book I’m reading. It’s a picture book called Arthur and the Meanies by Jan Fearnley and it’s really cool. It’s all about a lovely elephant and a gang of animals who are mean to him. If I met that gang I’d tell them that they are REALLY stupid. Bullies are stupid, my Mom says. If anyone is mean to you tell an adult! Tell your parents or your teacher or your big sister if you have one. Anyway, the elephant has a lot of trouble with the Meanies but he also has two really good friends who stick up for him. If anyone was mean to my friend Violet Anne I would tell them a thing or two! I hope you get to see this book because it is REALLY cool.
This is a favourite story of ours. Do you like it?
Blackbeard, Bluebeard & Redbeard – A Pirate Story by Eric Herman
Published May 31, 2010 BOOKS Leave a CommentTags: Blackbeard, Bluebeard, Eric Herman, pirate, Redbeard, story
Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham
Published May 30, 2010 BOOKS Leave a CommentTags: book, dr seuss, eggs, ham, youtube
The Velveteen Rabbit Part 3
Published May 28, 2010 BOOKS Leave a CommentTags: meryl streep, rabbit, story, velveteen
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