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<\/a>ed to the students about her creative process and where she gets her ideas.\u00a0 Often her characters begin from drawings she just does for fun.\u00a0 Sometimes they are inspired by feelings, real people or animals, like Binky the cat.\u00a0 We also learned about the editing process and how hard she has to work to make everything work for her books.\u00a0 For example, it takes one whole week to create one Binky page spread! Wow!<\/p>\nOne of our favourite parts was when Ashley taught us how to draw her characters.\u00a0 With Divisions 6, 7 and 19 she drew Binky.\u00a0 And with Divisions 8, 9, 10 and 20 the students drew the penguin from Penguin and the Cupcake<\/span>.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to come to the library and check out some of her fantastic books!<\/p>\n
Have a great Spring Break!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today we had the pleasure of hosting author and illustrator Ashley Spires.\u00a0 The students have been reading her books in the library and in their classrooms.\u00a0 We are all big fans and were excited to meet her. She talked to the students about her creative process and where she gets her ideas.\u00a0 Often her characters … <\/p>\n
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<\/a>ed to the students about her creative process and where she gets her ideas.\u00a0 Often her characters begin from drawings she just does for fun.\u00a0 Sometimes they are inspired by feelings, real people or animals, like Binky the cat.\u00a0 We also learned about the editing process and how hard she has to work to make everything work for her books.\u00a0 For example, it takes one whole week to create one Binky page spread! Wow!<\/p>\n