Sarah Brennan Funny & Fabulous Blog

Hello to the gorgeous Grade Ones at Discovery College!

This afternoon I returned to Discovery College for a fun story reading session introducing Chester Choi the child-eating dragon to the gorgeous Grade Ones! Thanks again to Leanne Sercombe and the lovely DC staff for having me!

Bonjour to the French International School ELS Students!

A big bonjour to the students of CM1 and CM2 at the Chai Wan Campus of the French International School, and merci beaucoup to teachers Philippine and Emma for hosting me today! We had four fun workshop sessions, exploring How to Write a Riveting Story, and all the fun of Poetry! I hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did! Remember to visit my website and I hope some of you enter my current writing competition – details on the Clever Competition page at the tab above!

The Dark Horse stars in a Kowloon Junior School Drama Club production!

On Tuesday the 8th of April, the Kowloon Junior School Drama Club, under the guidance of teacher Katie Tucker, put on a fabulous performance of The Tale of a Dark Horse! Here is the talented cast above, and below, the story come to life! Congratulations to everyone who took part – you did a fantastic job!

A LOVELY day at Lantau International School!

Today I had an absolutely LOVELY day at colourful, crazy, creative Lantau International School. First I read my Tale of a Dark Horse to the fabulous Grade Fours, Fives and Sixes at the Pui O Campus, where I was hosted by principal Tom Vujnovak and had the huge pleasure of seeing my dear friend and exLIS teacher Pam Venter. Then I introduced Chester Choi the Dragon to the Grade Twos and Temujin the Tiger to the Grade Threes at the Tong Fuk campus in the afternoon, where Colleen Stewart was my wonderful host! We had so much fun! Here are some pictures – and you’re sure to recognize a few book characters, especially the amazing Captain Underpants!

Thank you to all my friends at Shatin Junior School!

A big thank you to all my old friends from Grade 1 to Grade 6 at Shatin Junior School! It was so lovely to see you all again today with my dashing Dark Horse – and to introduce the gorgeous Grade 1s and 2s to my terrific tiger, Temujin! I hope you enjoyed hearing all the fabulous Chinese history! And special thanks to the lovely staff, and especially my friend Karen Hubbard, for hosting me – it was great to see you all again. I look forward to lots of SJS entries in my Clever Competition!

Breaking news! The Emperor Han Wudi rode into Discovery College today!

And if you don’t believe me, here he is in the pictures above! Huge thanks to wonderful librarian Leanne Sercombe and the dedicated staff of Discovery College for having me today, and to the fabulous kids who were such a great audience! I hope you had as much fun meeting the Dark Horse and Pin Yin Panda as I had introducing them to you!

A Funny and Fabulous Morning at Kowloon Tong School Primary Section!

A big Thank You to wonderful librarian Ada Mok and the teachers and students of Kowloon Tong School, Primary Section, for hosting me this morning in a story reading session to the fabulous Grade 5s and the fantastic Grade 6s to celebrate Book Day! I had a great time introducing my handsome Dark Horse, and signing books in the Music Room afterwards! And thanks also to Alva Wong, Christa Tam and all my old friends at Commercial Press for organising the event. Here are some photos!

Poetry rules at Harrow International!

Warm thanks to Shelagh Green (pictured above), Year 4 teacher at Harrow International, for hosting me this morning when I visited the Grade 4s with my funny and fabulous Introduction to Poetry Workshop!  We had great fun with some heavenly haikus, accurate acrostics, luscious limericks, natty Knock Knocks, clever clerihews and super similes – not to mention lots and lots of alliteration! I look forward to reading some practically perfect poems from the Harrow kids in my next Poem Competition!

If you love wild animals….

Here I am with my lovely Aussie author friend Jan Latta when we were both in Shanghai recently, photographed on the balcony of the beautiful M on the Bund Restaurant which hosts Shanghai’s annual International Literary Festival. Jan is the author and photographer of the magnificent True to Life Animal series for children, all about endangered species, and I LOVE her books! Here is a fabulous article which just appeared in an Australian magazine called Digital Photography – click on the link to see some fantastic photos of wild animals – including cheetahs and elephants and a baby orangutan – and to read all about her adventures!

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