Pomare School children now published illustrators

<h2>It&&num;8217&semi;s finally here&excl; School News reported back in September that children from decile one Pomare School in Lower Hutt will soon see their illustrations published in a fairy tale written by actress Geraldine Brophy&period; Well&comma; the book is finally hitting shelves&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Launching March 14 at Taita Library in Lower Hutt&comma; the idea for a book came from a play of the same name written by Ms Brophy which was staged in Lower Hutt for many students from low decile schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Charity dare2discover&comma; which partners with low decile schools in The Hutt Valley to provide fun and educational experiences for children&comma; covered the cost of schools’ transport to the play&comma; and trustee Sue Avison thought the play would make a delightful book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After seeing the show and the delight on the children’s faces&comma; I had a chat with Geraldine and we decided that the story would make a great children’s book&period; We also felt it was a wonderful opportunity to involve some students with the illustrations&period; dare2discover has worked with Pomare School in the past so we took this idea to the principal Katrina Day&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Day was delighted that Pomare school was being given an opportunity to showcase their school to the community and to demonstrate that a small school in the northern end of Taita could be involved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For a little school&comma; being part of this project has great mana&period; It fits our values of perseverance&comma; responsibility&comma; integrity&comma; diversity and empathy&period; The children are getting an opportunity to learn about the environmental impact rubbish carelessly tossed away can have — in a fun engaging way&period; They get to learn art skills that the art curriculum doesn’t offer and they get to be part of something that is bigger than themselves&period; We can show the community that Pomare School&comma; though small in numbers&comma; is big in heart&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Dr Hannah Mckenzie Doornebosh tutored the students over term two and three last year<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The book is published and can be ordered online or it can be purchased at Paper Plus Lower Hutt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The story is set in Taita and is full of characters such as Prince Farming&comma; Red Finding Hood&comma; the Who Cares and the Human Bean&period; The book is funny and thought-provoking&comma; with a clear message about what can happen if we don’t take care of our environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s an English version sprinkled with te reo and a full te reo version&comma; check out the<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;snowbright&period;co&period;nz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"> book&&num;8217&semi;s website here&period; <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;