Four fabulous old friends in Hong Kong
February 25, 2023 at 11:40 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools | Leave a commentTags: Glenealy School, How to Create Bookworms in the Digital Age, How to Publish a Picture Book, Stamford American School Hong Kong, The Kellett School Kowloon Bay, The Kellett School Pok Fu Lam, The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit
Tuesday 7th February: Glenealy School, Mid-Levels
My tour of Hong Kong schools kicked off with a morning at my old friend Glenealy School, with two fun sessions with Years 1 to 3, then Years 4 to 6, reading The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit and explaining all the scrumptious Chinese history behind the story, of Qin Shi Huangdi, the raiding Xiong Nu tribes to the north and why the Great Wall of China was built! My huge thanks to librarian Gisele Stones for inviting me, and for the fabulous pictures below!
Wednesday 8th February: Kellett School, Pok Fu Lam Campus
The next day, I visited Kellett School’s Pok Fu Lam Campus, where the Receptions to Year 2s heard my Tale of Rhonda Rabbit, the Year 3s to Year 6s learned How to Publish a Picture Book from Brilliant Idea to Final Product, and I spent a fantastic hour with a lovely group of Kellett parents discussing How to Create Bookworms in the Digital Age. We had fabulous Q&A throughout all three sessions. Prep librarian Emily Wong was a superb host – thank you for your warm welcome Emily!
Thursday 9th February: Kellett School, Kowloon Bay Campus
The next day, I repeated the same fun program at Kellett School’s Kowloon Bay Campus. We had fabulous Q&A throughout, and I can confidently say that I have never fielded so many questions about ISBNs in my How to Publish a Picture Book session before! What an outstanding lot of enquiring young minds! Thank you so much Teacher Librarian Jamie-Lee Wedderburn for being such a wonderful host!
Friday 10th February: Stamford American School Hong Kong
The week ended with a lovely afternoon with my old friends at Stamford American School Hong Kong in Ho Man Tin, with an all-ages-welcome story telling session of The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit, and a great session on How to Publish a Picture Book with a lot of students AND their parents! That was great fun, and we had a very interesting Q&A afterwards! Director of Marketing and Admissions Lisa Olinski was a fantastic host – thank you as ever, Lisa, for your warm and enthusiastic welcome.
At last, a report on my Hong Kong/Taiwan Schools tour!
February 25, 2023 at 10:59 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools, Taiwan Schools | Leave a commentTags: Hong Kong/Taiwan Schools Tour 2023

I’m back home in France after two fantastic weeks in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and after battling off the inevitable post-tour cold virus, I’m very excited to report on my trip!
But first, a eulogy for my old home Hong Kong! It was so wonderful to see it again, after 2 and half years absence, not to mention the inability to travel due to that old enemy of ours, Covid 19! Hong Kong was my home for 22 years, and the place where my two girls grew up, and I’ve missed it dearly. It was such fun to be back in the bustle of the Island and the New Territories, and while it was clear that many expats have left in recent years, the spirit of Hong Kong, with its energy, inventiveness and drive, still lives on. So here I blow it a kiss, send it a hug, and promise that I’ll be back again soon! Read the following posts to find out what I did over the last fortnight and see some fun photos!
A fun visit to Carmel Leung Sing Tak School with StoryTellAR!
May 5, 2022 at 4:54 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: StoryTellAR, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Temujin
Yesterday I visited the fabulous Carmel Leung Sing Tak School in Hong Kong with StoryTellAR to read the kids my Tale of Temujin and tell them some of the juicy history and other details they can find if they download the StoryTellAR app! The students were so engaged, answering lots of my questions and asking some of their own! It was a lot of fun!
A Terrific Visit to Glenealy School!
May 2, 2022 at 9:38 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools | Leave a commentTags: Books about Chinese history for kids, Genghis Khan for kids, Glenealy School, The Tale of Temujin, The Year of the Tiger, World Book Day

My second Zoom visit last Friday was to my old friends at Glenealy School! World Book Day was in full swing, with everybody dressed up as their favourite book characters! It was great to see so many fantastic costumes, not least from the staff! After a great assembly presentation of WBD activities and challenge results, Temujin the Tiger came to visit in a fun story reading, with lots of roaring and screaming to rock the school! Take a look at the fun slideshow below! Huge thanks to lovely librarian Gisele Stones for inviting me, and thanks to the school for the lovely photos!
Two fun zoom sessions at Stamford American School Hong Kong!
February 21, 2022 at 11:55 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools | Leave a commentTags: Stamford American School Hong Kong, The Tale of Temujin, The Year of the Tiger, Turning Historical Research into a Story, Writing workshops for kids
Last week I had two fabulously fun sessions zooming in to visit my friends at Stamford American School Hong Kong! The kids were all at home (thanks to Covid … grrr… ) but they and their teachers were all on deck. The Grade 1s roared like tigers and screamed like spoiled princesses with great enthusiasm during my reading of The Tale of Temujin (sorry, all you Mums and Dads at home with the kids!) while the Grade 3s participated with lots of fantastic suggestions during my new workshop: Turning Historical Research into a Story. We all had a lot of fun! I look forward to seeing some fabulous entries with excellent background research in my latest Clever Competition, all you fabulous Grade 3s!
Huge thanks to Ms Lisa Olinski, Ms Kirsten Struble and Ms Maria Evans for hosting me!
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