It’s a girls trip up north to beautiful Northland with Vasanti Unka, Phillipa Werry, Angie Belcher and Anne Dickson. We had an absolute blast today visiting heaps of schools and I’ve been taking But Then... on tour.
First up, I got to visit Ōrewa Primary School and spoke to 180 Year 0 to Year 2 who helped me design a library card with all the best overdue library card excuses they could think of including a crocodile eating it and a ghost stealing it.
I was then off to see 420 Year 2, 3 and 4 at Whangapāraoa School where we created 420 brand new excuses for an overdue book. Most of excuses involved poo but thankfully their brilliant librarian reassured me this was an excuse she had never heard or seen.
And I finished off my day at Wellsford Primary School with Years 2, 3 and 4 and we made up even more excuses for overdue library books – over 100 of them! There were brilliant excuses that involved candy, eagles swooping in and clowns in cars.
Favourite question of the day: I love books! (Yes, technically not a question but I’m a sucker for a statement of love for books.)
Stay tuned for more adventures from Te Tai Tokerau this week!