READING WEEK - AUTHOR VISIT

During this year’s Reading Week, our maternelle, 1st and 2nd grade classes welcomed a visit from author-illustrator Michel Van Zeveren. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to talk to the author about his work as a writer and illustrator, and to show what they had prepared in advance with their teachers.

The author described how his stories are often inspired by his drawings and his personal life, exemplified in his books: Et pourquoi? (But Why?) and Trois courageux petits gorilles, (Three Courageous Little Gorillas) among others.

He organized drawing workshops and read some of his titles to the students, in particular his latest, Dans le nez de la sorcière, (In the Nose of the Witch) published in September – much to the delight of the pupils. To round off the week, the author took part in a book signing at the library! Goodbye Michel and thank you to all the teachers and the students for contributing to this wonderful encounter!