Brilliant session last Saturday when we looked at alphabet poems for younger children. Fourteen young writers came along, including several of our recent recruits - it is always nice when they think it's fun enough to come back to!
I had a few Certificates to give out and the assignment set was to write a story using as many words with the same letter as possible - for example: A boy called Ben loved bananas and the more bent the bananas were, the better Ben liked it! But one day, Ben came back from the bent banana shop with straight bananas! "Bother!" said Ben. "Better blend these bananas or make banana butter with them!" Repetitive sounds make good stories for little people just learning to read and they are fun to try. They don't even have to make a lot of sense as long as the letter sound is used often. I think most of them got it and, of course, any returned to me will count towards their next certificate.
It was such a good session with a great atmosphere and everyone seemed really relaxed. It got a bit crazy towards the end when lots of you came over to talk to me - which is great - but because I was answering questions and chatting I forgot to mention our new mascot until the very last second. So far I have had two name suggestions - Ted and Barnaby - but I would like some more so please could you do me a big favour and remind the members to bring their suggestions in next time so that we can carry on with the diary. Thank you.
Further to the vote a couple of weeks ago to mark our fifth anniversary with a party, I will be contacting the library team this week to ask how this can be accommodated. Once I know where and when, we can look at organising it and I will try to get some special guests along, so watch this space for further info.
Back next Saturday which is 4th February. See you then - and Good Writing!
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