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Bookfeast 2013 - Authors, Illustrators & 500 kids have lunch!

Wow! Again I enjoyed Bookfeast, 5th year in a row. Organiser, Michael Fraser is a genius. As is my habit, I invite the students at my table to write a story and win copies of my books. This year, the theme was 'Useless Superpowers.' And they had so much fun writing them! The winner was Zack, and runner-up, Renee, but all the stories were marvellous. Beginnings are VERY important to telling a good story, so here are some of them. "It all started on that day of school, which should be fairly boring, but in this case it was fairly interesting... It was during maths class that the meteorite came..." ***************** "The water stirred, the clouds were dark. Lightning split the sky... I woke up with a start, I felt somehow different. I reluctantly rolled out of bed and criticised myself in the mirror..." **************** "Bobby McBob had a secret. He was able to teleport anywhere in a few seconds. But he hated his superpower as it transported to...

Star Wars - The Wisdom of Yoda - Write Your Own!

Deviant Art Isn't this brilliant? Just shows how popular films and books can have a positive influence upon us all! My favourite Yoda quotes are: "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. hate leads to suffering." "Named must your fear be, before banish it you can."  See if you can come up with your own Yoda wisdom! I'd love to read them. cheers, Dawn