Thanks Simone.
Today our Year 1/2 class hosted one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors when Simone Kain, co creator of the George the Farmer series, joined the students via Webex. Initially, students described their investigation of the creation of George the Farmer and the books, videos and songs they had shared in the classroom. Simone provided background about her pathway to become a children’s author and indicated that she always enjoyed writing and explained that the evolution of the series was usually based on some real life experiences or people she knew. Through their questioning of Simone, students learned that the author’s intent was to create an Australian farming series of stories that Simone thought her own boys would be interested in as they loved farming, machinery and animals. Students questioned the main purpose of the narratives and they learnt that it was to inspire children who live in the country with cool role models like George and Ruby and to educate ‘city kids’ about farms, agriculture and where their food comes from. Simone explained that the best part about being an author was to have stories in your head, then writing the text with Ben interpreting her thoughts and words into illustrations and producing a story or book. Emerson summed up the session best when she said, “It was awesome!” Thanks Simone. Comments are closed.
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