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