Visit to Ocker Hill Infant School

In October 2019, I had a wonderful day at Ocker Hill Infant School in Tipton. Every class had the opportunity to hear one of my stories, then we talked about how to design a character from every day things.

I also ran a competition for them to create a character for my Christmas Special Book. I was so happy to receive so many wonderful designs. It was very difficult to choose between them all. Eventually I chose my favourite seven characters and incorporated them into my book. The winners each received a signed copy of the book.

Here are some of the comments I received back from the visit:

I liked the parts when the blanket flew in the sky and the snowman.

Pupil

I liked it when she showed us how to make the blanket into a character.

Pupil

I liked the part where the girl got onto the blanket and it few away.

Pupil

I liked the part when Grandma was knitting the blanket.

Pupil

I liked it when she showed us how to make onjects like the door handle into a character.

Pupil

I liked it when she showed us the blanket - it was sparkly and magic.

Pupil

I liked the part when the blanket made the girl fly. It was a good story.

Pupil

I liked the part where they mended the could with bits of wool

Pupil

I liked the part when the blanket flew in the sky because it was exciting.

Pupil

I liked when she showed us pictures of her cat and it kept jumping on the work when she was trying to write the story.

Pupil

I enjoyed watching the author draw the characters.

Pupil

I enjoyed listening to her read the story.

Pupil

It was really good when we felt the sparkly blanket.

Pupil

After she read Grandma's Magic Blanket, it was really good seeing and actually touching the blanket she made for the story.

Pupil

I liked how she showed us how to draw pictures.

Pupil

I loved that the book was about saving our world.

Pupil

I enjoyed her books because they were fun.

Pupil

I liked seeing the different books she had written and I thought her drawing was very good..

Pupil

Her books looked better than her draft because she told us about re-doing our work in best.

Pupil

The children were very engaged by the story and Jacqueline. They loved looking at the blanket, it helped with their imagination.

Teacher

Jacqueline was friendly, and the children loved her story. I read the book myself and it was lovely. A very nice lady.

Teacher