Today we all met the famous Australian author Jackie French. We LOVED learning all about her books and her special interest in wombats. She told us some amazing stories about the wombats that live near her home and how her experiences with wombats has lead to them featuring in many of her books. Jackie has written over 160 books for people of all ages.

We learned lots of important messages about books and reading from Jackie. Some of them were:

• read lots of different books – ’til you find topics you just love
• read as much as possible
• share your books with others
• talk about the books you love to read
• borrow lots of books from the Library
• ‘taste’ lots of different styles and topics in books – you’ll find just the right ‘flavoured’ one for you!
• read read read and read!!!

Today’s visit also happened to be National Hairy Nose Day  and we all wore our wombat whiskers to celebrate the day. Jackie thought we all looked amazing and was really impressed with our whiskers.

Here are photos of us with our whiskers on:

Tomorrow we are very excited to have the author Jackie French visit our school. Jackie has written many books and we’ve loved reading lots of them at school. Jackie loves to write children’s fiction books and gardening books. One of her favourite topics is wombats and she has written many books about them or had them as main characters in her stories. She id the director of the wombat foundation. When Jackie visits our school it happens to be National Hairy Nose Day  – wear whiskers for wildlife day. We have all made creative  whiskers to wear to Jackie’s presentation. Stay tuned for photos of us with our whiskers on and a report of her visit.

Here’s a link to Jackie’s website: http://www.jackiefrench.com

Our Year 6/7 buddies helped us make our whiskers during one of our buddy sessions. Here’s some photos of the whisker making session.