Have patience, my friends!
May 7, 2023 at 3:03 pm | Posted in Clever Competitions | Leave a commentTags: The Tale of a Rogue Rabbit Writing Competition, The Year of the Rabbit, Writing Competitions for Kids

It’s been a week since the deadline of Tale of a Rogue Rabbit story competition and I know, I know, you’re impatient to see the results! I’m having such fun reading your entries, and the results are cooking!! I promise it won’t be long now! Hang in there!!
Just 2 weeks left to submit your Tale of a Rogue Rabbit!
April 15, 2023 at 4:53 pm | Posted in Clever Competitions, Writing competitions for kids | 1 CommentTags: Ira Nair, The Tale of a Rogue Rabbit Writing Competition, The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit, The Year of the Rabbit, Writing Competitions for Kids

If you haven’t yet submitted your entry for my Tale of a Rogue Rabbit Writing Competition you’d better get hopping! You can find out all the information you need here. I can’t wait to read your entry!
And in the meantime, one of our fabulous entrants is so impatient to find out the winners that she wrote a special poem about it! I thought it was so clever, I had to let you all see it! Thank you Ira Nair for this poem, which made me laugh out loud!
Tick tock
Waiting and waiting.
I look out the window,
I peer through the door.
I stare at my phone,
My patience is no more.
I play with my sister,
I play with my friends.
I play with my family,
Until the deadline ends.
Waiting and waiting.
My stomach excited,
My heart beating fast.
My head going wild,
For the results- at last.
My eyes getting tired,
My mind feeling bored.
I’m getting impatient,
I can’t wait no more.
Waiting and waiting.
While I might be tired,
While this isn’t fun.
While my patience is low,
I shall wait till the deadline is done.
Patience is crucial,
I shall have to wait.
Patience is crucial,
Even when some are late.
Waiting and waiting.
I check my emails once,
And check them once more.
Looking out the window,
Peering out the door.
No need to be impatient,
Keep steady- just wait.
Watch the clock tick,
Until the ending date.
Waiting and waiting.
By Ira Nair
Are you at primary school? Do you like writing stories?
January 23, 2023 at 9:08 pm | Posted in Clever Competitions | Leave a commentTags: Chinese New Year, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of a Rogue Rabbit Writing Competition, The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit, The Year of the Rabbit, Writing competitions for primary school kids

Are you a primary school-aged student? Do you like writing stories? And do you like RABBITS??
Then it’s time for you to enter my new Clever Competition: The Tale of a Rogue Rabbit!
Now before I say anything else, I know that Rabbits in the Chinese Zodiac are a very civilized, polite and law-abiding! But as we all know, that naughty Rhonda Rabbit is a rebel from north of the border, who spends her time being extremely UN-civilized, IM-polite and breaking every law Qin Shi Huang puts in her way! She is NOT a Chinese Zodiac type of rabbit at all, but she’s a great reminder to put a rabbit-proof fence around our vegetable gardens!
So for this Clever Competition, I’d like you to write me a story about a rogue rabbit! Go to my Clever Competitions page right away to read all the rules, as well as all the tasty ingredients you must include!
The deadline’s at the end of April, so you have lots of time to write a RAVISHING story! I can’t wait to read it!
Two faraway fans!
January 20, 2019 at 2:42 pm | Posted in Fabulous fans!, Shanghai schools | Leave a commentTags: Books about China for kids, Books about Chinese Zodiac, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Ping Pong Pig, The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit, The Year of the Pig, The Year of the Rabbit
I was so happy to hear this week from two of my lovely fans from far away! To the left is Renzo, dressed as Rhonda Rabbit for Book Week at the International School of Panama in Central America – fabulous costume Renzo! I trust that you’re eating all your greens! And to the right is Zara from Texas in the United States with my latest book The Tale of Ping Pong Pig, and the rest of the Chinese Calendar Tales set! Zara met me many years ago at her school in Shanghai! Warm thanks to their dad Luis and mum Helen respectively for sending me these fabulous photos! A very early, happy Year of the Pig to you all!
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