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Edinburgh Book Festival

On Tuesday 1^st September Primaries 3, 5 and 7 went to the Edinburgh Book Festival. When we got there Primary 3 saw the first author while primaries 5 and 7 were having their break. After break we all got to go to the bookshop. In the bookshop there were lots of books, even some CDs. Most people bought a book.

Next we got to meet the author. His name was Barry Hutchison. He told us about three different books that he has written. ‘The Shark Headed Bear Thing’, ‘The Swivel Eyed Ogre Thing’ and ‘The Moon Faced Ghoul Thing’ (which is coming out at Halloween).

He likes to write scary, funny, monster fiction books. He told us a little bit about himself when he was a little boy. Can you believe he is scared of squirrels!? As part of the workshop we had to create a monster. Barry asked us what features we would like the monster to have and then he drew them. We decided to give it a crocodile face, wasp eyes and a squirrel body and tail.

It was a great day and we felt very lucky. The best bit of the whole day was getting to see Barry Hutchison.

By Zidane & Sophia P5

On the 27^th of August P.5 went to Giffnock Library. We met D.D. Everest. He is a father to two teenagers and he has two cats. In his spare time he coaches a football team.

D.D. Everest has written a book called ‘Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret’. The story is about a 12 year old orphan boy called Archie Greene. He gets a package on his twelfth birthday and in it there is a book. He cannot read it because it is all written in different languages. The delivery of this special book takes Archie on an adventure where bookshelves are enchanted, librarians become sorcerers and spells come to life!

Flora got an autograph from D.D. Everest and we were given the opportunity to ask him questions. Here are some of the questi Archie Greene Book ons we asked and the answers he gave:

Q. How long have you been a writer?
A. Since I was 15.

Q. Have you written any geography books?
A. No.

Q. What is the hardest part of writing a book?
A. The beginning for choosing what to do.

Q. Do you find it difficult to make time for hobbies and all the other things you need to do?
A. Yes.

He finished his talk by showing us the mystery parcel that got delivered to Archie. We had to say what we would like to find inside the box. Louis and Zipporah got a bookmark for saying something magical that might be in the mystery box. Louis said “I wanted a magic football that can make you amazing at football’’. Zipporah said “A magical cake that can make you have super powers’’.

It was a great trip.

This blog was written by Ava and Louis