Cherrybrook Public School LOVE Book Week!!!

 Cherrybrook Public School, great kids reading Susanne Gervay's I Am Jack, Super Jack, Always Jack, Book Week August 2011Cherrybrook Public School kids create fabulous 'I AM JACK' posters for Susanne Gervay's visitGorgeous kids and teachers at Cherrybrook Public School.

Loved the fabulous posters they made of ‘I Am Jack’.

Monty Pryor and I are at Cherrybrook for Book Week.

 

Everyone wanted to see NANNA’s big purple stretchy glow-in-the-dark underpants!!!!

Everyone laughed at Jack’s famous Little Red Man Joke

Everyone said NO to bullying.

Yeah for the kids of Cherrybrook!!!!!!

Cherrybrook Public School welcome Monty Pryor and Susanne Gervay for Book WeekFabulous kids and teacher at Cherrybrook Public School for Susanne Gervay's visit, Book Week

I Am Jack’s PONTO – recreated by School Librarian Ian McLean @ Penrith Public School

Susanne Gervay's 'I Am Jack's PONTO, school librarian and No. 96 expert Ian McLean. Penrith Public SchoolWhat should welcome me, but a real live PONTO – created by the wonderful school librarian Ian McLean at Penrith Public School.

What is a PONTO?

It’s Jack’s experiment of joining a potato and an onion.

Kids and teachers piled into the school hall excited about JACK – they LOVE his jokes, photos and experiments especially his potato-onion.

                                                                                                           It’s growing thanks to Ian!!!!!!

School painting created by the kids of Penrith Public School in school library, Iam McLean school librarian

Room to Read logo, www.roomtoread.org, RoomtoRead endorses Susanne Gervay's 'I Am Jack'I AM JACK by Susanne Gervay, endorsed by Room to Read www.roomtoread.org

 

Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day @ Fairfield Public School in Sydney

Tory Gervay with daffodils for the Cancer Council's Daffodil Day, Susanne Gervay's 'Always Jack' with Cancer Council's yellow daffodilDaffodils, daffodils, daffodils, teachers and kids dressed in yellow and the enthusiastic school librarian Barbara Kirzmann welcomed me to Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day at Fairfield Public School.

It’s a special day of celebration of family, friends and life of those touched by cancer.

‘Susanne Gervay’s Always Jack makes it safe for children, parents and the wider community to talk about cancer.’ ~ The Cancer Council NSW


www.cancercouncil.com.au

Cancer Council's Yellow Daffodil Day, Susanne Gervay at Fairfield Public School talking about 'Always Jack' with Council Council's daffodil on its cover'Jack's Famous Banana Cake from Susanne Gervay's 'Always Jack', Cancer Council's Daffodil DaySusanne Gervay's Always Jack, Cancer Council endorsement, National breast & Ovarian Cancer Centre, Cancer Australia, Australian Family Therapists' Award 2011, Cathy Wilcox illustrator 'Always Jack', publisher HarperCollins AustraliaCancer Council helpline 131120

 

Love to see you at Brisbane Writers Festival 9th September 2011


Charlie Carter Charlie Carter
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Charlie Carter, Classified Information
Charlie Carter is a well-known operative in the field of children’s adventure books. However, to protect the identity of his military sources, very little else can be revealed about Charlie Carter.
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Susanne Gervay Susanne Gervay
NSW

Susanne Gervay, NSW
Susanne Gervay’s parents were post-war Hungarian refugees who found a safe haven and home in Australia. Susanne is an award-winning author whose books include and the Jack series. Her first picture book is Ships in the Field.
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Ronit Baras Ronit Baras
QLD

Ronit Baras, QLD
Ronit Baras is an author, educator, life coach and journalist. She is the Queensland Coordinator for the Together for Humanity Foundation. She has published two fiction books on personal development.
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Wendy Orr Wendy Orr
VIC

Wendy Orr, VIC
Wendy Orr is the author of several award-winning books, including Nim’s Island, Spook’s Shack and Mokie and Bik. Her most recent book is Raven’s Mountain, set in the high mountain country of British Columbia in Canada.
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James Roy James Roy
NSW

James Roy, NSW
James Roy is the author of numerous books including A Boat for Bridget and The ‘S’ Word – a boys’ guide to sex, puberty and growing up. James’s latest book, Edsel Grizzler: Ghostly Shadows, is the last in the Edsel Grizzler trilogy.
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Maggie Stiefvater Maggie Stiefvater
United States of America

Maggie Stiefvater, United States of America
Maggie Stiefvater is a writer, artist and musician. She is the author of the contemporary fantasy series Shiver, for which she created, produced and performed on the stop-motion animated book trailer.
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Randa Abdel-Fattah Randa Abdel-Fattah
NSW

Randa Abdel-Fattah, NSW
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s award-wining young adult novels deal with social justice issues such as racism, women in Islam, assimilation, religion, human rights, belonging and adolescence. Her latest book Noah’s Law also deals with the ins and outs of the legal system.
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Brisbane Writers Festival PartnersDate: Friday, 9 September 2011

Time: 9:45am – 2:15pm
Venue: State Library of Queensland

Love the Kids saying NO to Bullying w/-’I Am Jack’

St Michael's Primary School Baulkham Hills, Posters of Susanne Gervay's 'I Am Jack',  JACK says NO to School BullyingThe kids are funny, beautiful, smart, creative.

So many of them promise that they’ll reach out to a kids in trouble and stop bullying.

They LOVE Jack.

I love them!

When a girl called Tash came up to me after speaking at Mimosa Public School and told me that my talk meant so much and that she thought I was special. Well, I thought Tash was special.

I think all the kids and teachers are special. Thankyou to these fabulous schools from all over Sydney:-

Susanne Gervay's 'I Am Jack' posters by St Michael's Primary School Baulkham HillsSusanne Gervay's 'Always Jack', Mimosa Public School Frenchs Forest

Dundas Public School Dundas

Oatlands Public, Belmore

Burwood Public School

Mimosa Public School, Frenchs Forest

Athelstane Public School, Arncliffe

St Andrews Cathedral junior, Sydney

Greenacre Public School

Wahroonga Public School

Brighton-Le-Sands public School

Knox Grammar Preparatory, Wahroonga

St Michael’s Primary Baulkham Hills

Loquat Valley Anglican Prep Bayview

 LOVE YOU ALL!!!

So does JACK and his family & friends!!!