We had lots of fun at the Book Festival this morning. We travelled by coach into Charlotte Square and were ready in the theatre in plenty time for ‘Lift Off!’ Tracey Corderoy, the author, told us stories about their characters Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam – who used to be robbers, but then became cafe owners. We looked our for aliens and played games. We were in ‘Shifty McGifty’s’ team and we won the space game – hooray! Steven Lenton is an illustrator and he showed us how to draw ‘Slippery Sam’ – the results were amazing. After the show we had time to soak up the atmosphere of the Festival. We ate our snacks and then looked about. We met some very friendly alpacas. Mrs Turnbull even had a selfie taken with one of them!