PROMOTION -- Term Two -- NZ BOOK COUNCIL -- 'WRITERS IN SCHOOLS' Author Visit -- KYLE MEWBURN-- 11th June 2013

KYLE MEWBURN

Favona Primary School students and teachers had the privilege of having Kyle Mewburn come and visit on the 11th June 2013 through 'Writers in Schools'  -- New Zealand Book Council.

Favona students were engaged with Kyle 's sessions. He talked about his ideas for the books he wrote and shared some of his stories he wrote to the students. The teachers also thoroughly enjoyed Kyle's visit.

Here Kyle is sharing his book 
'Kiss, Kiss, Yuck, Yuck'
to some of Favona students. 

 

 

Kyle's favourite book  'The Phantom in the Tollbooth' by Norton Juster which he shared with the students and teachers. He shared how a teacher gave this book to him when he was at school.

 

 

 

Kyle sharing his book 'Melu' to some of Favona students.

 

 

 

A WONDERFUL DAY HAD BY ALL!

 

Megasaurus mash-up 2

Other Title: Megasaurus mash-up two
Four-vol. ed
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
On back cover: 4 books in one
Contents: Spino-rottysaurus -- Dako-snappysaurus -- Scuto-stickysaurus -- Salto-scaredypus
Summary: Follow the adventures of Arg, the evolved Neanderthal boy, and his friend Skeet, the talking T-rex, as they try to save the dinosaurs from peril ... and themselves from ending up as stew

Salto-scaredypus

Summary: Arg's tribe is bartering with the Nn-Grrrdy tribe. While Arg is attempting to hide his stuff in a burrow he gets stuck in a muddy cavern underground. Is Arg going to be able to get out before he's eaten by a bunch of hungry (usually-friendly) saltopuses? (Publisher)
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Scuto-stickysaurus

Summary: Another adventure for Arg, the evolved Neanderthal boy, and his T-rex friend Skeet, the talking dinosaur. How do you get unstuck from a sticky scutosaurus? Arg has to find the answer fast, before he gets eaten alive
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Dako-snappysaurus

Summary: Arg goes hunting with his dad and the older Neanderthals. They stop at a beach where everyone falls asleep. When Arg wakes up he notices that his dad has floated off and a dinosaur is about to have him for breakfast. Can Arg save his dad from the hungry dakosaurus
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Spino-rottysaurus

Other Title: Spinorottysaurus
Summary: How do you stop a rampaging spinosaurus from eating the last dracorex? Arg, the most evolved Neanderthal boy in his tribe, has to get help fast... or he'll be extinct too
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Diplo-dizzydocus

Other Title: Diplodizzydocus
Summary: Arg, the most evolved Neanderthal boy in his tribe, helps his friend Skeet, the talking T-Rex, save a herd of drowsy Diplodocus from the Grogllgrox hunting party
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Velocitchy-raptor

Other Title: Velocitchyraptor
Summary: Arg, the most evolved neanderthal boy in his tribe, rescues a baby velociraptor from a quetzalcoatlus nest. Arg hides the baby, despite being allergic to the velociraptor, in order to get it safely to the secret valley
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

T-wreck-asaurus

Other Title: T-wreckasaurus
Summary: Arg is the most evolved neanderthal boy in his tribe but his family don't understand his strange, new ways and wish he'd just behave normally. Arg's life is changed forever when he meets Skeet, an equally evolved talking Tyrannosaurus rex. Together they embark on a mission to save the dinosaurs from extinction
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Stego-snottysaurus

Other Title: Stegosnottysaurus
Summary: A terrible flu is sweeping through Arg's valley causing snotty problems for the tribe. Worse, Arg, the most evolved Neanderthal boy in his tribe, soon realises that the flu is deadly to the dinosaurs as well. If it reaches the secret valley, the dinosaurs are doomed
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

The lighthouse keeper's lunch

Every day, Mr Grinling rowed out to the lighthouse, and every day Mrs Grinling cooked him a delicious lunch and sent it to him in a basket on their own cable system. But the greedy sea gulls wanted that lunch too, and Mrs Grinling had to use all her cunning to find a way of making sure that the lighthouse keeper got his lunch.

It was a dark and stormy night

(Picture Book) -- ISBN: 0140545867
After being kidnapped by outlaws, Antonio, an eight-year old boy is asked to tell them a story which he makes up as he goes along.  A great read aloud story.

Fix-it Duck

A leaking roof? A window stuck? These are jobs for FIX-IT DUCK!
He's got his tools, hes' keen - he's strong, what can possibly go wrong?
Duck is up to his old trick, now who will end up in a fix?

Duck in the Truck

This is the tale of a duck in a truck - a truck that was stuck in some yucky brown muck. A sheep in a jeep and a frog in a bush saw the truck stuck and gave it a push. But the truck stayed stuck! What now, can you guess? Could a goat in a boat get them out of this mess?

The Awful Pawful

When jack and Foxie return from holidays, they can't smell any dogs! Something terrier-able has happened to the dogs of Doggeroo.
Jack finds them hiding under beds, and he knows it's a case for the dog with the nose who knows.
Why are the dogs so terrier-fied?
And who has scratched their noses?
But soon Jack is hiding under the bed, too. So how will he solve the case of  - THE AWFUL PAWFUL?