Tom Vaughan, author of 'A Gangster Stole My Trunks' and 'Bin Boy', visited St Mary's to talk to the children in Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6.
We love hearing from authors on how they design characters and put their books together and we were inspired to hear Tom Vaughan's tales.
Lots of the children then got their own personalised version - we just know that the Reading Shack will be full of these books at break and lunchtime as they share the books.
A huge thank you to Steyning Bookshop who set up the event - they do just keep inspiring our children with different texts.
Drawing an evil character with Tom Vaughan and looking at character descriptions
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Our St Mary's character for the next book!!
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Getting our own copy of the book - the reading shack will be full of Tom Vaughan readers at playtime today!
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We love hearing about books!
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Y6 boys had the opportunity to share the book that they had written with an author! Tom Vaughan gave them important feedback.
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Tom tells Year 4 how he develops his characters
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