Kids' Lit Quiz, Wellington 5.4.13
Today I
was one of the ‘markers’ for the Wellington Leg of the Kids’ Lit Quiz. I have
lost count of how many I have attended but this must be one of the best. The
event was superbly organised by Judy Munro, the librarian at Papakowhai School where the quiz was held.
Wayne Mills, Quizmaster, was, in spite of having lost a front tooth in an
encounter with a hard pizza over Easter, his usual ebullient self, keeping the
participants of around 160 10-12 year olds from the Wellington region on their
toes and eager right to the last question. Wayne manages to always make his
questions about the whole world of children’s literature, even after all these
years, fresh and entertaining.
The
winners, the Marsden School B team, will participate again at the National Finals to be held at The Beehive, Wellington in June.
Second was
the Marsden A team and Scots College came in third. And very close behind came Northland School, Evans Bay Intermediate, Mt Cook School and Raroa Intermediate.
The school that wins in
June will be off overseas to the UK for the International Finals.
More info
at www.kidslitquiz.com
The
Winners with Wayne Mills
And from
the same school – the second place winners.
Unfortunately the Scots College
team had moved off before I had a chance to photo them.
Book Launch Kilbirnie 4.4.13
It’s been
48 hours of book related activities because last night I went out to the
Children’s Bookshop at Kilbirnie to the Wellington launch of Philippa Werry’s
great new book, ANZAC Day, the New
Zealand story.
(See the
review on this Blog on March 23rd.) All the speakers had so much to
say in praise of the book – words that I am sure will be repeated at the
Auckland launch next week when the publisher of the title, New Holland, will be
there.
Pippa talking about her book to Maggie Rainey-Smith, Chair of the
Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors.
Among the guests who had gathered to wish Pippa well with the book was Adele Jackson from Wellington who designed the stunning header for this Blog.
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