James Nisbet School – (511 and Counting!)

I just returned from a full day of reading and visiting with the awesome students of James Nisbet school!

Boy, was that fun! Thank you so much to Mme Gaudet and Mrs. Chilelli for arranging my visit and for hosting me in such a friendly and welcoming way. I met so many teachers and students today that it’s impossible to list them all here, but I sure felt welcomed  and “at home” at your friendly school! I was given a  huge, beautiful card  to take home with tons of student signatures and a sunshine-y sunflower to remind me of James Nisbet School and this very happy day. Thank you so much!

Before I say anything else, I must give **huge congratulations** to James Nisbet for reaching a total of 511 students (and counting) at your school!  It was so fun to participate in your first-ever outdoor assembly. I love camping and campfires, and to gather around a campfire and sing songs with over five-hundred other friends was just awesome! Plus, the paintings you made in the snow were awesome works of art – I’ve never seen anything like them! Congratulations once again on this special day!

I hope that you all enjoyed hearing a chapter from Lights! Curtains! Cows! as much as I enjoyed reading it to you. It was SUPER COOL meeting a whole grade 4 class that had read my book (WOW!), and also members of the James Nisbet book club who are reading Lights! Curtains! Cows!, too (that was an awesome question about p.20 by the way – very smart question!). 

I thought you all had excellent questions about my book and about writing  and being an author. A question that came up often is “why did you become an author?”. The answer is that it was always my dream to write stories. The other part of  that dream was to share those stories with students like you – so thanks for being a part of a wonderful dream come true!

Till we meet again…

– Karin