P4-7 had a wonderful morning at Wigtown Book Festival where 2 authors entertained the children.

The first author, Lari Don, introduced her trilogy of books ‘Spellchasers’ and treated pupils to an extract from her new book which was only released 10 days ago. She discussed the writing process that she goes through and explained that each book in the trilogy had to be bigger and better than the last. Pupils had to get their creative thinking hats on to suggest ideas for their own stories. Lari’s books are sometimes rooted in myths and legends, so she captivated the children with an African myth about a hippopotamus.

The second author, Rab Wilson, introduced the children to his Scots poetry. He read some of his own poems and shared some books written in Scots, then tested pupils on their knowledge of Scots language. He was very impressed with some of Kirkcolm pupils’ – Robin and Innes knew the Scots words for a turkey, a frog and a male sheep!

Some pupils bought a book as a memento of the day as they enjoyed listening to the authors so much! P1-3 are excited to go to the Book Festival tomorrow after hearing about our experience today!