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Althea Braithwaite School Visits I enjoy visiting primary schools and meeting children. I am flexible in what I do, but my aim is to inspire children to want to write and make their own books. With nursery school children I try to get over the message that real people write books, by reading my books and explaining how and why I wrote them. As I work up the age range I talk about how I research and write, planning the book on a single sheet of paper, and emphasising the need to write in rough first. With groups of up to about 35, I can show my artwork too. I also talk about some of my more recent books. For large schools, so that no-one is left out, I am happy to give a more general talk to the whole school, telling them how I became a writer. I can then do three or four sessions with smaller groups throughout the day. For schools in a radius of about 80 miles of Cambridge, I arrive in time to start at 10.30 a.m. I am very willing to visit schools that are further away, but usually prefer to work for more than one day, perhaps visiting several schools. Alternatively I can arrive in time for afternoon school, and then spend the following morning in the school before returning home. Let me know what you would like me to do, and I can let you know how much I would charge. I am also very willing to talk to adults, both about
children's books and writing for them. To contact me either write: Althea Braithwaite, or email me. HOME PAGE TALKING IT THROUGH CHOICES DESMOND THE DINOSAUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY LIST OF TITLES
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