A fabulous day at Kingston International School, Kowloon Tong!
February 16, 2016 at 4:40 pm | Posted in Chinese Calendar Tales, Hong Kong Schools, Uncategorized, writing competitions, Writing competitions for kids | Leave a commentTags: Hong Kong Schools, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, Writing Competitions for Kids, Writing workshops
Today I had the best day doing workshops with Upper Primary at Kingston International School in Kowloon Tong! The Grade 4s unscrambled limericks and identified haikus and completed the gaps in a horrifying poem called Let’s Destroy the School in my Introduction to Poetry Workshop! The Grade 5s and 6s learned all about How to Write a Riveting Story that will glue the reader’s nose to the page, and left with a fab Story Planning sheet to plan their next stories! And some of them even promised to use them to plan their entry into my current Clever Competition (see tab at the top of this page!). I can’t wait to read their entries! Huge thanks to the lovely Jennifer Shaw for hosting me today! Photos to come!
You can vote for Rodney Ram starting TODAY in the Golden Dragon Book Awards 2016!
February 15, 2016 at 8:49 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese Zodiac, Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese Zodiac, Golden Dragon Book Awards 2016, The Tale of Rodney Ram
If you are a school student or a teacher or an interested adult in Hong Kong, you can start voting TODAY for your favourite books in the Golden Dragon Book Awards 2016! The Tale of Rodney Ram is short-listed for the Younger Readers category! Here are just NINE great reasons why you should vote for The Tale of Rodney Ram!
- You love Rodney Ram
- You love handsome sheep
- You love romantic sheep
- You love shy sheep
- You love artistic sheep
- You love eating sheep
- You love Sarah Brennan and Harry Harrison’s books 🙂
- You want to support local books written by Hong Kong residents!
- You can’t think of any good reason why not!
to cast YOUR vote!
And all the world will know our Rodney’s name!”
Thank you Japanese International School!
February 15, 2016 at 8:41 pm | Posted in Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Hong Kong Schools, Monkey story, School visits, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, Year of the Monkey
A big THANK YOU to the fabulous staff and students of Grades 3 to 6 at Japanese International School in Tai Po for a fun day today! It was great to introduce you to my mischievous Ming Kee Monkey, not to mention some of the fascinating, rare animals of the Yunnan jungle like Binturongs, Gaurs, Civet Cats, Gibbons and Lorises named Doris! And then the Grade 5s and 6s and I met again for fun and games in my Introduction to Poetry Workshops! I was especially impressed with the talent they showed in completing our poem Let’s Destroy the School! I look forward to lots of entries in my Clever Competition – see the button above!
Monkeys, monkeys everywhere!
February 10, 2016 at 9:17 am | Posted in Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Monkey story | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Zodiac, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, Year of the Monkey
Help! It’s a Monkey Invasion! There are monkeys EVERYWHERE here in Hong Kong – and there were even monkeys rampaging in Singapore! Here is just a small selection of the monkeys I’ve encountered in the last 10 days – see if you can spot my Monkey Monkey (cousin of Ming Kee Monkey) in the collage above!
Kung Hei Fat Choy from Ming Kee Monkey and Me!!
February 8, 2016 at 6:02 pm | Posted in Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Monkey story, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, Year of the Monkey
Today is the first day of Chinese New Year!! Kung Hei Fat Choy from Ming Kee Monkey and me for a fabulous Year of the Monkey ahead! We wish you all health, wealth and great happiness, not to mention wisdom, which (when you read The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey you will find that Ming Kee achieved in the end, although not until she’d been through a lot of trouble after causing WAY too much mischief in the jungles of Yunnan first!). Have a great holiday, and see you all next week!
Meet a remarkable writer
February 4, 2016 at 4:42 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Meet the remarkable Madeline Painter, from Grade 3 SAIS. It was my great honour to meet her myself today, for her work is some of the most talented writing I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading! Take a look at the Results of my Hair-Raising Halloween Poetry Competition (see the tabs for Clever Competitions 2015/2016 at the right) to see for yourself! I had the chance to chat to Madeline to find out what she does in her spare time and guess what? She reads LOTS of books. She does play the occasional digital game, but only maybe once every couple of days for just an hour. Now that’s what I call smart! Keep up the fabulous work Madeline!
Goodbye SAIS – and Thank You!
February 4, 2016 at 4:31 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
A very fond farewell to my friends at Stamford American International School. I’ve had so much fun seeing you all again, and working with the fabulous Grade Fives! I especially enjoyed my time with the nine individual classes, with my How to Write a Riveting Story and Books are a Brain’s Best Friend workshops! You are such great readers, I just know that you’ll all be great writers …and I can’t wait to receive your entries in my current Clever Competition (see page above)! Please make sure to use those Story Planning Sheets before you write those first drafts, and see how easy it is to write a truly riveting story! It was also very rewarding to work with the parents, and teachers from throughout primary school, in my workshops about How to Create Bookworms in the Digital Age, and How to Create Literate, Literary Writers in the Digital Age – thank you for your very warm reception! The biggest thank you of all is to the marvellous Kim Klein, a truly dedicated, extremely hard-working librarian, for hosting me so warmly and well! I hope to see you all again soon!
Helloooo SAIS in Singapore!
February 2, 2016 at 9:06 pm | Posted in Being an Author, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Singapore schools, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: children's literacy, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese Zodiac, SAIS, Story Readings, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, Writing workshops, Year of the Monkey
Today I visited my fabulous friends at Stamford American International School in Singapore again, for the first of three great days chock full of writing workshops and reading sessions for the Grade 5s, and talks to parents and teachers about creating bookworms and writers in the digital age too! It was wonderful to see you all, and especially to introduce you to my mischievous Ming Kee Monkey! I can’t wait to work with more of you tomorrow!
Ming Kee makes Mischief in Singapore!
February 2, 2016 at 5:30 am | Posted in Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Singapore schools | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, CIS Tanjong Katong, Singapore schools, Story Readings, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, Year of the Monkey
Watch out Singapore! Ming Kee Monkey is in town! Yesterday she visited the fabulous kids of Canadian International School, Tanjong Katong campus, and caused HAVOC in the primary library with the Grade 3s to Grade 6s! Many thanks to my lovely friend and librarian Nadine Bailey and her staff for putting up with Ming Kee’s antics and being such gracious hosts!
Ming Kee Monkey launches in Hong Kong!
January 30, 2016 at 5:37 pm | Posted in Book launches, Bookshop event, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Monkey story, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Room to Read, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey
A big THANK YOU to Arti and Shonee Mirchandani and all the wonderful staff at Bookazine, Princes Building, for a fabulous launch today! Harry and I had a fabulous morning meeting our fans, with a story reading of The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, a challenging quiz (where the kids did REALLY well) and a fun book-signing. And Jodi Mullen from Room to Read gave us much food for thought in her wonderful opening speech about my favourite charity, which gives such incredible support to literacy and girls’ education in Third World countries. Thanks to everyone who came for such a warm welcome for Ming Kee Monkey in Hong Kong!
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