Sarah Brennan Funny & Fabulous Blog

Thank you Quarry Bay School!

It was all hands on deck as the Grade 2s at Quarry Bay School met the Chinese Calendar Tales characters today in their very beautiful upgraded Learning Centre! We learnt all about Lord Buddha’s Race, the order of the Chinese Zodiac beasties, and why Pandas AREN’T in the Chinese Zodiac! We had a lot of fun!

A Galloping Good Day at DBIS!

Warm thanks to the lovely Naomi Gist (left), teacher Kate Basford (centre) and new library assistant Mary (right) for hosting me at Discovery Bay International School today! It was wonderful to see all you fabulous kids again and to introduce my lovely Dark Horse to you! I hope you all are telling your mums and dads tonight about how the Silk Road started! Make sure you take a look at my Clever Competitions page above – and I hope to see some DBIS entries soon!

The Dark Horse gallops into Kellett School, Kowloon Bay!

There were some fabulous whinnies, snorts and HARUMPHs from the fabulous kids of Grades 2, 3 and 4 at Kellett School today when I visited them at their beautiful HUGE new campus at Kowloon Bay today with my Dark Horse! Thank you so much to librarians Lisa Share (right) and Beth McNeilly (left) for being such wonderful hosts!

CAIS was galloping good fun!

The kids of Grade 4 to 6 at CAIS and I had a lot of fun yesterday in 3 fabulous Writing and Poetry workshop sessions and one story reading of my lovely Dark Horse’s tail…or should I say TALE! Thanks to the dedicated staff who as ever made me feel so warmly welcome, and especially to terrific librarian Danielle McAuley for her very kind and professional hosting! I hope to see loads of CAIS entries in my Clever Competition!

The Dark Horse dashes into Dymocks IFC!

Warm thanks to Dymocks staff Maggie, Jessica and Anson for hosting a funny and fabulous story reading of The Tale of a Dark Horse on Saturday afternoon at Dymocks IFC! The fun started with a treasure hunt for pictures of the Dark Horse, with prizes and lai see for all the kids, and ended with a story reading and book-signing. Thanks to all the mums and dads who brought along their kids – we had a great time!

A Galloping Good Time at Kiddyland, Causeway Bay!

A big THANK YOU to my dear friend Christa Tam, Alva Wong and all the hard-working staff of Kiddyland, Commercial Press, Causeway Bay, for a fabulous event on Saturday morning! It was great to meet so many kids, mums and dads and to introduce them to that latest Chinese Calendar character, my lovely Dark Horse!

Yay! The Dark Horse leads the Race at Bookazine!

And the race is ON! The Dark Horse is Number One kids’ best-seller at Bookazine AND our brand new Year of the Horse Activity Book is at Number Seven! Take a look at the link below. Giddy up Horsey!

http://www.anpasia.com/newsletterweb/4141584A7445455044754443/414050417343405B4274494459

Come and hear me read The Tale of a Dark Horse this Saturday!

The Dark Horse and I will be galloping into two Hong Kong bookstores this Saturday so if you haven’t heard me read my new story full of fabulous Chinese history and loads of fun, here are two great opportunities! Here are all the details:

11.30am SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY  CAUSEWAY BAY KIDDYLAND AT COMMERCIAL PRESS

AND

2.30pm DYMOCKS IFC, IFC 2, CENTRAL

A little taste of Chinese New Year in Hong Kong…

I just LOVE Chinese New Year – and here in Hong Kong people know how to celebrate it really well! Here’s just a taste of what you can see in Hong Kong today: from the lobby of my apartment building (above); to the famous Wishing Trees and temple in the village of Lam Tsuen near the Chinese border;

to the flower markets on street corners and the fishing boats in Aberdeen:

And the halls of luxury shopping arcades like the Landmark below:

And then of course there are lion dances everywhere, delicious feasts in homes and in restaurants, and the fireworks over Victoria Harbour! It’s magical!

Kung Hei Fat Choi – The Year of the Dark Horse begins!

Kung Hei Fat Choi – or Gong Xi Fa Cai depending on where you live – it’s now officially the Year of the Horse! And here, just on time, are the photos of the launch at Bookazine, Princes Building, of my latest Chinese Calendar Tale, The Tale of a Dark Horse! Enjoy the photos, courtesy of my good friends at FEML and Bookazine! And check out our brand new Year of the Horse Activity Book!