James Russell visited our school last week. He had the children and teachers in stitches of laughter with entertaining stories about his childhood. We were also captivated by his readings from the Dragon Brothers Trilogy (his picture books) and the new Dragon Defenders chapter books series. I can't wait to read Book 1 of the Dragon Defenders, but I may have to get in a waiting list of reserves at school.
James also demonstrated the augmented reality app. He was the first author in New Zealand to introduce augmented reality to his books, through an application called AR Reads. There was a buzz in the library at lunch time with children asking to borrow my phone to look at the maps through the app. We will be uploading the app the library iPads soon. Ultimately the end goal is to create excitement and enthusiasm around books and reading!
Thank-you James and all the best at the Auckland Writer's Festival.
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This is a put-up zone :)