World Book Week 2020
My first World Book Week as a published author. I did it! I loved it! Yippee!!
Sharing I Don’t Like Books Never. Ever. The End. with so many eager little listeners was an absolute privilege. I had such a blast! There was a mixture of whole school assemblies, workshops and let’s not forget… judging the all important veggies-dressed-as-book-characters competition! What a treat!
I really enjoyed sharing my own journey to publication - with all its ups and downs and funny moments - always a relief when the audience laughs at the right places.Phew!
We made dragons and told stories and dressed up and sang and guessed how many words were in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (169,441 fact fans!) and generally had a lovely bookish time.
Highlights for me have to include…
the gasps (seriously, really LOUD gasps) from BEE class when I pulled out the costumes from my prop bag… what a very appreciative audience they were!
singing with a Reception class and the dragons we’d just made together.
being approached after one of the whole school assemblies, by two quiet boys, who separately came to tell me about the stories they’d written and how they hoped to be published one day too.
And… such lovely feedback too x
“Emma was a natural with the children and they thoroughly enjoyed the story. The whole school was captivated by what she had to say. Thank you Emma for creating such a memorable experience for the children!” Nathan Jeffrey, Literacy Coordinator, Winsley Primary School
“I really liked how she spoke about how she wrote the book as it showed us that it probably took a lot more than just writing it because it needed to be published too. Even though it wasn't easy at times, it was still achievable though." Year 6 pupil
"It inspired me because the main character in the book doesn't like books and sometimes I don't like books either but it made me think, maybe I could enjoy them if I gave them more of a chance." Year 6 pupil
“It [the assembly] was absolutely super! Highly engaging for all children.” Caroline O’Neill, Literacy Coordinator, Combe Down Primary School
““the assembly was great, I loved hearing the book read out loud, especially when the girl went into the book and she kept jumping into different stories” Year 5 pupil