Today was great. I was invited to speak to three classes in Grades 4, 5 and 6 at an elementary school in Nanaimo. We were on a tight timeline, with only a half hour to spare so I read for 20 minutes and took questions for another 10 minutes. The young adults I read to […]
Great news today to plan an author visit to another school in Nanaimo in June. Can’t wait to share my stories and meet more readers!
So excited for another opportunity to talk to kids about writing and reading my series. It feels like Christmas!
Oh, I’m so excited to set up a day and time to go and speak to students at another elementary school on Vancouver Island. I can’t begin to express how much these visits mean for me personally to be able to share my Mabel Hartley stories with readers and answer their questions and be accessible […]
It was a full house in the library at Seaview Elementary today, where I was invited to speak to two classes in grades 4-6 and there were so many questions. I loved being there and can’t wait to do it again. I read for about half an hour, and after every book, there were so […]
Seaview Elementary in Lantzville, BC has invited to their school on Monday to talk to the kids about my books. I’ll be bringing this, for sure to help the kids understand what countries Mabel has been to and where she’s going next.
It was the most fabulous experience! Today, I started my day thumbing through an old atlas and decided to take it with me as part of my adventure into reading to a grade 4/5 elementary school class. I asked for a volunteer, actually, I asked for two, to help me locate the countries where my […]
Oh, such good news this past week, as I sent off my series to the Galiano Library to add to their collection. I look forward to travelling to my other favorite Gulf Island and meeting readers who love stories with great characters travelling around the world in my “Indiana Jones meets Nancy Drew” series. […]
It was a really great day. I visited with the librarian, Laura Boulton at our local elementary school and saw my books on shelves and donated two copies of my third book to their collection. For me there really is nothing and I mean NOTHING like seeing my books on library shelves. I think of […]
J.E. Reddington 