{"id":601,"date":"2025-12-02T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/wigtownprimary\/?p=601"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:22:31","slug":"book-week-scotland-author-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/wigtownprimary\/2025\/12\/02\/book-week-scotland-author-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Week Scotland, Author Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Friday we had an Author visit from David Flannigan who wrote \u2018Uncle Pete and his undersea Adventure\u2019.\u00a0We read the first chapter of the book before we went to get an idea of what it was about. We really loved the characters and the silly inventions right from the start!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We also were joined by\u00a0Kirkcowan\u00a0and had a book sharing session in the afternoon. We took our favourite book and discussed this with others around us to try and get them interested in trying it for themselves.\u00a0I think we all\u00a0found a new author or book that we would like to try now!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone size-medium wp-image-602\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/wigtownprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8886\/2025\/12\/02162142\/thumbnail_IMG_1295-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/wigtownprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8886\/2025\/12\/02162142\/thumbnail_IMG_1295-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/wigtownprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8886\/2025\/12\/02162142\/thumbnail_IMG_1295-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div 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