What a great time P1-4 had visiting Wigtown Book Festival! Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Henry were lucky enough to go too. We all met and listened to the authors Emily Dodd and Shoo Rayner. It was a lovely trip.
First of all, Renita Boyle led us in a sing-along session to warm us up! Then Emily Dodd told us about her book ‘Can’t Dance Cameron’ . This is all about a sad capercaillie called Cameron who believes he is a rubbish dancer. We talked about lots of types of Scottish wildlife when reading the story – a pine-marten, a red squirrel and a wildcat. By the end of a story, Cameron shows he is a great dancer. Some of us bought this story and Emily signed it.
Shoo Rayner is an author and illustrator. His latest book is called Dragon Gold and is about Harri who is set the challenge of ‘making’ a dragon for school! Shoo also has two YouTube channels about drawing. Why not Google these and try out one of his tutorials?
Our very own Abbi was chosen from the audience to try drawing with Shoo. What an excellent job she did! Check out the photos to see for yourself!
Quite a few of us bought Shoo’s book which he signed too.
We had such a lovely day and the children were so well behaved. Smiles all round!
