Author Visit with Cary Fagan

The Canadian Book Centre gave each Grade One student in our school a Canadian children's book. This Grade One Book Giveaway is sponsored by TD Bank Group. Cary Fagan, author of Mr. Zinger's Hat, came to our school to read his book to our students. What a treat! Cary even played the mandolin and taught us a song so we could sing along with him. Thanks to Mrs. Hamilton for submitting our school's name for this fantastic opportunity.

The students loved receiving their very own copy of the book.
We hope parents will enjoy reading this delightful story to their children at home. What story is in your hat?

Cary's favourite stuffy. 

Cary teaching us a song.

Receiving our very own books.

Show us your favourite illustration.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked seeing a guy who really wrote a book. I have never met an author. -Russell A.
I liked it when Cary read his book. -Gavin
I liked the book. I like to bring home the book. -Cody
It was fun to read the book and show our favourite pictures in it. The pictures were cool. -Josh
I have never seen an author before. I loved the book. -Callum
I liked the book. The stories came from his hat. -Jake
I have never ever seen an author before. When the author came he played the mandolin. -Bapreet
I liked the pattern in the song. We all sang. -Naomi
I am going to read the book every day. It was cool how he wrote the song in pictures.-Brady
My favourite part was the story. I really liked how it repeated twice because the girl came after. -Levi
It was fun. I liked the song he played on the mandolin. -Landyn
We had fun looking at our books. He told us his story and he sang a song about hats. -Sierra
I liked when we got the books. I am going to take mine home. -Eliza
I loved the story. -Russell L.
I liked when he sang the song because it was super fun to sing it with him. -Anna
I liked when he read the book. My favourite part about the book was when the story was in the hat. -Cady
I liked the story. At the end of the story I liked when the ogre grabbed his head. -Zachary
I liked when we sang the song. -Jay Dee
It was fun listening to him read. -Sasha
I listened to the story. -Ethan

We have discussed how we are all authors as we write down our ideas and create stories. It was super exciting to meet someone who writes for a living. What a wonderful experience for our students. We thank the sponsors of this event and all the coordinating that went along with having Cary visit our school. We were one of only two stops on Cary's Manitoba book tour. Unfortunately the illustrator, Dušan Petričić could not attend. The students did comment on the terrific illustrations. It was so neat to see the students pick out their favourite page and to look around to see many had chosen the same one. Which page is your favourite?
Happy reading!
-Mrs. T :)