Thank you to Manland Primary for inviting me in for two days of classroom visits! This was a belated, rescheduled #WorldBookDay visit due to a crazy two-month hearing-loss incident (a story for another time!)

The kids were incredible — receptive, engaged, and so, so, SO creative! We discussed favourite words, perseverance, talking pineapples and spy pigs. The workshops I ran with the older kids were a pure treat! They spun the idea wheel with vigour and came up with some great stories. The younger kids loved dressing up in very serious outfits and petting my book mascots.

A fun few days had by all! I forgot to take photos but hopefully I’ll get some copies of the school’s pictures to add to this post!

Now back to this: