James Russell came in to visit us to talk about his books.
His main characters are Flynn & Paddy, which happen to be the names of his sons.
He told us a great story involving frozen crumpets and a hunting knife 🙄. Followed by a story of him putting his leg through a deck.
When he writes a novel, his brain works really fast, but with his hand bandaged up... his one hand typing couldn't keep up with his brain.
He explained what derrière meant by waving it about.
He doesn't have a dog named Coco... or a dragon!
He has lots of really good ideas in the shower!
The Dragon Defenders Series is set 3 years after the picture books.
He shoes us how you can use an app with the books, to show augmented reality.
He introduced us to the Pit Bull, the bad guy in the book... through the augmented reality app. The bone he crushed was a leg of lamb, which didn't make much noise... so he had to get the real Flynn to snap a stalk of celery next to the camera!
Hello, my name is Hibo and i am a student in room 18 at Owairaka primary school. That's really nice of James Russel to come in and show you guys some stuff here is my blog http://odshibom.blogspot.co.nz/
ReplyDeleteKia Orana My name is Apii My school is called Owairaka District primary School.I really like your vistior talking about himself.But it is sad about what happened to himself.
ReplyDeleteHello my name is Fatima and i am a student in room 18 at Owairaka primary school. Its really nice of him to come in and talk about his self. If you want to check out my blog here is the link ----> http://odsfatimab.blogspot.com/
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Kia ora Te Rōpū Manawaroa.
ReplyDeleteI like this post because the visit from James Russell was one of the best visits we have had and this was the first time I had actually been introduced to his work. In Whakamanawa, we have just finished reading Book One The Dragon Defenders. We loved it and if you haven't read it yet, I suggest you do. It is pretty cool. Ms raisin can download the AR Reads app onto her phone and show you the cool features throughout the book.
Hello My name is Mushdah i am from room 6 at Owairaka school i really like how you hired James Russl if you wanna see my learning Its http/mushdah.blogspot.co.nz
ReplyDeleteHi, Malo, My name Taylah and that is really nice of James Russell to go and see you guys hopefully you guys learnt a lot from him if you have time go and check out my blog >https://odstaylah-anet.blogspot.co.nz/.
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Sudus i'm a year 5 at room 18 you must have learned history his books and that must have been really i never heard pit bull
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ReplyDeleteHi, I'm Gracie and I'm from Yaldhurst Model School
ReplyDeleteWas it nice for he to come and talk about it?
did he or you find it fun??
I thought myself that it would be fun
Kind Regards
Gracie
hi there my name is phoenix i am a student from owairaka school. i like how james russell came in and show you guys suff if you wana look at my blog Phoenix @ Owairaka District School
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Alaska I am from Karoro School I liked how a famous book writer came to your school. You must know a lot about how to write a book. Maybe next time you could write how long it could take to write a book.
ReplyDeleteKia Ora my name is Hamish and I am from Karoro School. I liked the part were the bone he crushed didn't make much sound so they snapped a stalk of celery. It reminds me of when an author came to our School. Next time maybe you could add a bit more information.
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Hannah from karoro School, It is really cool that you had a person come in that has been in books before. At our school we had this technology session and I did some augmented reality. It is really cool. If you colour in a bird or something and you go over it with the Ipad then you can hold it with your hands.
ReplyDeleteHi there my name is Chloe and I am a student in room 6 at Owairaka school I really like that if you would like to see my learning my blog is Http//Chloe .Owairaka.school.blogspot co.nz
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