Day Three Down
Today was Hamilton. Another couple great groups of kids, and an interview with Hamilton’s Cable 14.
Most Memorable Moments
- the girl who, while lining up to go back to class after the presentation, turned to me and shyly said, “Thanks for your words.”
- the posters about transportation a class had made and hung on the school hall wall to prepare for our visit
Sights Seen from the Train
Too dark to see much but too tired to read, so I stared out the window anyway…
- the startling whoosh when trains whizzed by in the opposite direction
- the polka dot parade of headlights on the street
- glimpsing windows and their illuminated impressions of life
And a bonus today:
Sight Seen from a Taxi
- the Hefty Hoagie restaurant (doesn’t that sound like a perfect setting for some hometown drama novel?)
© Lizann Flatt, www.lizannflatt.com
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
Day Two Down
Kingston kids were terrific! I’ll post about all the week’s visits after the Book Week tour when I’m not so tired.
Most Memorable Moments
- Being asked what it was like knowing so many kids would be reading my book (Awesome question from a grade 1 kid!!)
- Being gifted with a school pen (I love pens!)
- Hearing a Lebanese woman on the train talk about how she was travelling for love
- Hearing two different cabbies dis their two (different) cities as the worst in Ontario
Sights Seen from the Train
- The endless rippled blue of Lake Ontario
- An older model tractor abandoned in a fallow field (Why….?)
- A pile of TP on the lumpy green floor of the train bathroom which, sadly, I could see from my seat until someone unstuck the door and closed it (!!)
© Lizann Flatt, www.lizannflatt.com
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
Day One Down
Ottawa library presentations went well. Great groups of kids! I think presenting with Scot Ritchie is a great way for the kids to see how both the words and the pictures are made. I’ll post a roundup once the week’s done; small updates as I’m able.
Today’s Sights Seen from Train
- Sadly, none. It was too dark to see out the window.
Most Memorable Moment
- Seeing Scot draw a hamster driving a station wagon to great gales of grade one laughter!
© Lizann Flatt, www.lizannflatt.com
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
Book Week Beginning
To begin my Canadian Children’s Book Week tour I spent most of the day traveling. First by car, then by VIA train. Kind of appropriate seeing as I’m touring about a book on transportation.
Best Sights Seen from the Train
- A flock of wild turkeys
- Feral apple trees, with lots of apples on them! (Why doesn’t someone pick them and make applesauce? Only 1 year did the wild apple tree near me bear fruit and it was the best applesauce I’ve ever tasted.)
- A hawk in flight
- A turquoise vinyl three-seater sofa plunked in a field and facing the train tracks (cheap entertainment???)
© Lizann Flatt, www.lizannflatt.com
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.
No part of this blog may be used without written permission from the author.